Reducing, Changing or Ending Housing First Support

Much of the UK and international research is focused on Housing First services and programmes that are in a process of expansion, exploring ways to remove obstacles to success, such as ensuring there is a sufficient supply of affordable housing or the right mix of sustainable funding in place. Less attention is being paid to how Housing First manages transitions in individual support needs, both within services themselves and in respect of when and how to refer people on to more, or less, intensive services when the need arises. In social policy and homelessness policy terms, the early 2020s are still within the Housing First ‘Gold Rush’ period, because most of the research attention is focused on service expansion, not on logistics. This study was commissioned in order to build the evidence base on how Housing First services in England are managing transitions and flexing support, and to find out what kinds of endings occur in Housing First and how these are managed in keeping with the principles

Housing First Feasibility Study for the Liverpool City Region : Final Report

This study was commissioned by Crisis, with funding from the (UK Government) Department for Communities and Local Government and the Housing First Europe Hub. It was conducted by a consortium led by Imogen Blood & Associates and including Housing & Support Partnership, HGO Consultancy, and the Centre for Housing Policy (University of York). The study aimed to test the feasibility of implementing Housing First at scale within the Liverpool City Region (LCR) by using a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data from LCR to develop, evaluate and propose a model for implementing Housing First at scale within the region; assessing the financial and commissioning implications of making the transition to this model; and, understanding the local and national policy changes needed to support this model

Ultimately other services finish at 5pm : Research into the supported housing sector’s impact on homelessness prevention, health and wellbeing

Our findings evidence the substantial impact which the sector is having on reducing homelessness, and improving health and wellbeing for people experiencing multiple disadvantage. Without supported housing, there would be significantly higher levels of homelessness and far fewer people would be receiving the support they need to sustain their accommodation. However, it is also clear that the return on investment of public monies in this sector could be increase

The discharge of older homeless people from hospital A report for Help the Aged/hact

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Sheltered housing and resettlement of older homeless people A report for Help the Aged/hact

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Sheltered housing and the resettlement of older homeless people Briefing paper on a report for Help the Aged/hact

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