1. Solutions

Program Models

United Kingdom

Housing supply requirements across Great Britain: for low-income households and homeless people
Glen Bramley
There is an urgent need for more housing that provides people on low incomes with security, decent living conditions, and affordable rents. Across Great Britain the need and demand for low-rent housing outstrip supply. This report presents the findings of a study, carried out by Professor Glen Bramley of Heriot-Watt University for Crisis...
Region:
Europe
Homelessness prevention in Newcastle: Examining the role of the ‘local state’ in the context of austerity and welfare reforms
This report examines how Newcastle’s ‘local state’ (the city council and relevant partners) are preventing homelessness in the context of local government funding cuts and welfare reforms, and how the approaches might be improved. The mixed-methods study has quantitatively compared Newcastle with other core cities using key...
Region:
Europe
Homelessness Prevention: Reflecting on a year of pioneering Welsh legislation in practice
Peter Mackie
Ian Thomas
Jennie Bibbings
Homelessness prevention has become the dominant policy paradigm for homelessness services across the developed world. However, services have emerged in a piecemeal and selective manner, often restricted to particular towns and cities, with no requirement on local authorities to intervene. Wales is believed to be the first country where...
Region:
Europe
The SHARE framework: a smarter way to end homelessness
Dr. Lígia Teixeira
Dave Russell and Dr. Tim Hobbs
This paper introduces the SHARE framework, the first phase of a longer-term project that the Centre for Homelessness Impact is developing in tandem with its partners and collaborators. As a contribution to current debate it provides a birds-eye view of what it takes to achieve better outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. Based...
Region:
Europe
Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Crisis' Plan to End Homelessness
This report assesses the feasibility of Crisis' plan to end homelessness in Great Britain. 
Region:
North America
Counts and Estimates 2017 - Evaluating the Extent of Rough Sleeping
Homeless Link
This updated toolkit sets out the process that local authorities, and their partners, use to evaluate the extent of people sleeping rough, by carrying out either a count or intelligence-based estimate. 
Region:
Europe
Peer support critical elements and experiences in supporting the homeless: A qualitative study
Stephanie Barker
Felicity Bishop
Nick Maguire
Lusia Stopa
Peer supporters are individuals with lived experience and are an integral part of healthcare systems, providing support to those affected by various phenomena such as homelessness and addictions. This qualitative study sought to understand the critical elements of intentional peer support with a homeless population, voiced by those who...
Region:
Europe
Job Coaching and Success in Gaining and Sustaining Employment Among Homeless People
Hanno Hoven
Rebecca Ford
Anne Willmot
Stephanie Hagan
Johannes Siegrist
People who are homeless experience many barriers that affect their ability to gain and sustain work. In this study, we investigate whether personal job coaching support contributes toward employment success. This study found that clients being supported by a job coach have significantly higher chances of gaining employment than those not...
Region:
Europe
Involving Homeless People in Patient Forum Monitoring of A&E Services
Sarah Gorton
The overall aim of the project is to share Patients Forum influence and information with non -Forum members through joint statutory monitoring to generate improvements in services. This includes an attempt tp provide information on the way A&E works (to both Groundswell volunteers and Patient Forum participants), about the health...
Region:
Europe
Housing and Ex-Offenders Risk Management - The Link Protocol
This protocol has been agreed by the Welsh Assembly Government, HM Prison Service, Operational Office for Wales (incorporating HMP Cardiff, HMP Usk and Prescoed and HMP Swansea) HMP Parc (Office for Contracted Prisons) (and the governing governors of the following designated prisons and Young Offender Institutions in England, the...
Region:
Europe
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