News and Updates
July 29, 2025
Using evidence on our improvement journey
Ninesh Muthiah, CEO of Home Connections, which operates Homefinder UK, reflects on an evaluation of the service by the Policy Institute at King's College, London.
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July 25, 2025
CHI names Dame Carol Black as next Chair
The distinguished physician and academic Dame Carol Black is to be CHI's next Chair, its Board of Trustees has announced.
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July 11, 2025
Trust, autonomy and the power of yes: Frontline reflections from a cash transfer pilot
A pioneering cash transfer trial is challenging assumptions about people experiencing homelessness. For frontline workers who supported clients who received a direct, unconditional cash transfer through the first phase of the evaluation, the experience was transformative.
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July 3, 2025
Confronting a blind spot in homelessness data: the invisibility of women who are rough sleeping
Emily-Rae Foreman, Data and Evidence Lead at CHI, writes about this year's Women’s Rough Sleeping Census led by a coalition of homelessness and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) charities.
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July 1, 2025
Purpose-driven financial support as a homelessness intervention: Learning from lived experience
As part of the Test and Learn programme, we are testing whether financial support with a purpose can prevent repeat homelessness. Early insights from some of the clients involved show that it can restore stability, dignity, and choice, attributes often perceived as lacking by those experiencing homelessness.
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July 2, 2025
How a predictive model can help end homelessness
One of our Test and Learn projects, Using Data to Prevent Homelessness, is taking an innovative, data-driven approach which enables early intervention and hopes to identify individuals at risk of homelessness earlier than they currently are.
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July 2, 2025
Speech to Local Government Association’s annual conference in Liverpool
Our CEO, Ligia Teixeira, addressed the Local Government Association’s annual conference in Liverpool, during a session to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by the UK Government’s forthcoming homelessness strategy.
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June 19, 2025
Beyond good intentions: Learning from what doesn’t work to improve support for frontline workers
A big part of finding out ‘What Works’ is finding what doesn’t work. Luke Arundel, Evidence and Data Lead at CHI, writes about the big opportunities this provides for learning and improvement.
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