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What are the factors that influence levels of homelessness and rough sleeping? What is the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce homelessness?

Background

We want to better understand how and why the labour market is changing and the implications for the number and types of people who need different support. We would like to improve our understanding of what determines the transitions people make between welfare and work and how DWP can support people to progress in work. We want to learn more about what works for whom, when, where, why, and under what circumstances. We would like to develop a richer picture of how disadvantages and barriers combine, reinforce each other, and manifest themselves throughout someone’s life, and how this affects their opportunities and outcomes.

Next steps

Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DWP Areas of Research Interest 2019 GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Making Every Community Asset Count: Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities for People Experiencing Homelessness

    As well as sleeping rough, people who are homeless may live in shelters, hostels, and temporary or unsuitable accommodation. Before becoming homeless, people have often faced sustained periods of severe difficulties, whi...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Northumbria University

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project addresses factors influencing homelessness, effectiveness of interventions, and is led by individuals with experience in homelessness.

  • COVID-19 and rough sleepers: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness

    As part of the government's response to COVID-19, 15,000 rough sleepers have now been offered self-contained temporary accommodation in England, mainly in hotels. This approach, which has involved the decanting of hostel...

    Funded by: COVID

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project evaluates the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce homelessness, which directly addresses the question.

  • Using technology to improve outcomes for roughsleepers

    Homelessness is a £1billion/year problem in the UK (Crisis,2019). Much of this investment goes into reactive support (e.g. policing, temporary accommodation, floating support) which ultimately keeps those individu...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: TOGETHER CREATIVE COLLABORATION LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project focuses on using technology to improve outcomes for rough sleepers, partially addressing the question.

  • Cardiff University And Llamau Limited

    To investigate how the interplay between characteristics of young people with experiences of homelessness and service provision can you optimised to foster effective intervention....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project does not directly address the question about factors influencing levels of homelessness and rough sleeping.