News and Updates
September 23, 2020
Good quality employment whilst experiencing homelessness: is it possible?
The relationship between homelessness and employment is a complex one and many people find themselves experiencing homelessness whilst still in employment. Often, those who are not employed but want to, are unable to for a variety of reasons, for example if they don’t have access to a bank account.
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September 19, 2020
Personalised employment support essential to stem homelessness as furlough ends
Today the Centre for Homelessness Impact releases a new policy paper: Employment and homelessness in the context of the new economy following Covid-19.
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September 8, 2020
Centre for Homelessness Impact and Cardiff University lead new major trial
The Centre for Homelessness Impact in partnership with Cardiff University has been awarded funding to deliver an innovative study evaluating the effectiveness of local authority responses to homelessness following COVID-19.
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September 4, 2020
How can the media help us end homelessness?
During our Impact Festival we held a discussion with a panel of journalists on the role the media plays in ending homelessness. Here, our Lived Experiences Specialist Hannah Green explores that question further.
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August 28, 2020
Systematic review: Do discharge programmes reduce the likelihood of homelessness?
Our Head of Evidence and Data, Guillermo Rodriguez-Guzman, shares key findings from our systematic review, on the effectiveness of discharge programmes for individuals experiencing, or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
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August 24, 2020
Evictions ban: where to now?
The ban on possession proceedings in England and Wales has been extended until 20th September. It will be important to use the next four weeks wisely to stop evictions leading to a rise in homelessness, explains CHI’s CEO Dr Ligia Teixeira.
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August 19, 2020
Impact Festival 2020 Highlights
In this blog post our Lived Experiences Specialist, Hannah Green, picks out the teams personal highlights along with the key take-home messages
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August 14, 2020
Accelerating impact: reflections on the Impact Festival 2020
Over the past 5 weeks, we've held over 50 events, hearing from over 150 speakers who made the space in their busy diaries to join us. In this blog post our CEO Dr Ligia Teixeira reflects on the Festival and what’s next to come.
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