How can the benefit system best help low income and vulnerable households with their housing costs? What is the impact of DWP’s expenditure on housing support? What factors impact on evictions, homelessness and rough sleeping? How effective are policies designed to reduce homelessness?
Background
This encompasses priorities around:
- promoting financial resilience and reducing poverty, including by harnessing the full set of levers available through the Department and its public bodies, other government departments and Local and Combined Authorities
- supporting people to help meet the cost of living and work across government to support the formulation and delivery of effective housing policies, particularly with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)
- delivering financial security for low-income working adults, and for children in low-income households
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:
Related UKRI funded projects
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The role of housing and housing providers in tackling poverty experienced by young people in the UK
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Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question by investigating measures to address poverty among young people, but does not specifically address housing costs, evictions, homelessness, or policies to reduce homelessness.
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Housing matters: A comparative study of the relationship between housing and poverty in Europe
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Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question by examining the association between housing conditions and costs and poverty outcomes in Europe, but does not specifically address the impact of DWP's expenditure on housing support or factors impacting evictions, homelessness, and rough sleeping.
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Building and evidencing community asset partnerships in housing and health to address health disparities in North East North CumbriaAH/X009211/1
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Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question by investigating integrated, community-led, asset-based approaches to supporting people who have been homeless, but does not specifically address the impact of DWP's expenditure on housing support or factors impacting evictions, homelessness, and rough sleeping.