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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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June 16, 2025
Five lessons from the inside: My time on CHI’s Test and Learn programme
Becky Rice, a Programme Lead on secondment at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, reflects on her time working on the Test and Learn programme. She highlights how the experience deepened her appreciation for collaboration, rigorous evaluation, and the behind-the-scenes work driving meaningful change to end homelessness.
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June 12, 2025
Continuing efforts to find what works to improve frontline homelessness staff wellbeing
Find out more about the findings from our recent report, 'Can a low-cost social support intervention improve wellbeing of frontline workers in the homelessness sector?'
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