News and Updates
May 29, 2019
How could new metrics help to end homelessness?
Together with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) we have launched a consultation on a new set of homelessness indicators which aim to measure factors that influence homelessness, such as housing, poverty, and relationships to see how they change across the country. In a recent blog post, Dr Ligia Teixeira and Hugh Stickland, the ONS’ Head of Strategy & Engagement, explain how this project came about.
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May 22, 2019
Scotland’s new system to track every person who is street homeless in the country
Today we release an options appraisal for a new data and monitoring system for street homelessness in Scotland. Our Director Dr Ligia Teixeira explains the aims of the study, what we found, and what happens next.
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May 15, 2019
Five factors underpin good homelessness service implementation
A review of the implementation issues evidence from the Evidence and Gap Maps reveals that some barriers/facilitators apply across all homelessness interventions
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May 15, 2019
Our Intervention Tool now includes a new implementation section
How a policy or service is implemented on the front line can make or break an intervention. Our Intervention Tool, which summarises the reliable evidence for homelessness interventions, is designed to inform commissioners, policymakers and practitioners, and improve intervention strategies and implementation.
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April 25, 2019
The Homelessness Reduction Act: one year on
On 2nd April 2019, we joined forces with Solace and the District Councils Network to bring together Local Authority leads from across England to mark the anniversary of the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act and identify 5 opportunities for evidence and data to be used to improve outcomes.
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April 3, 2019
Putting people first: building a common vision for a new national data system for street homelessness in Scotland
In this post we describe our engagement and approach to undertaking an options appraisal for a new national data and monitoring system for street homelessness in Scotland.
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March 20, 2019
Looking back at our first year + mapping 2019 with our Advisory Panel
We brought our Advisory Panel together to share the progress and learnings from our 1st year, get their input on key opportunities in the year ahead, refining our offer for local areas and seeking their guidance on where to build upon the evidence baseline in homelessness.
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March 6, 2019
Preventing premature deaths among people experiencing homelessness
This guest post by Dr Emily Tweed considers the latest developments in generating and linking data about health, homelessness and deaths and suggests what we might do to ensure that we have the evidence necessary to prevent unnecessary deaths in future.
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