This groundbreaking project is seeking to identify opportunities for ambitious change by answering the following big questions:

1. How do the different levers and interventions made by the Government contribute to homelessness and rough sleeping outcomes?
2. How do the different parts of the system work - or don’t work - together? 
3. How might the system be optimised to improve outcomes and value for money?

How we are doing it

The evaluation is taking a hybrid approach that combines theory-based realist evaluation, mixed methods, and cost-effectiveness analyses. It is the first of its kind to look at the homelessness and rough sleeping system as a whole. The project runs from early 2024 to December 2026.

Latest findings

You can see an overview of the initial findings from the first phase of a systems-wide evaluation into homelessness and rough sleeping in this report.

You can also see the recent Systems-wide Evaluation of homelessness and rough sleeping publications on Supported Housing, Criminal Justice System Rapid Evidence Assessment, Criminal Justice System Deep Dive, Evaluation of the Accommodation for Ex-Offenders programme (AfEO), Social housing allocations and Interaction with the asylum system.

Watch our Director of Programmes, Michelle Binfield, explain what systems-wide evaluation is: 

‍

Ways to get involved

We are engaging with stakeholders from across the homelessness and rough sleeping system, stakeholder spanning local government, national government, the third sector and people with lived experience of homelessness. Sign-up here to keep up to date with this project.