What data, evidence and analytical tools (preventative analytics) are required to identify populations at risk of homelessness, such as families facing eviction, victims of domestic abuse, or individuals with precarious work conditions? What are the best means of outreach and engagement with at-risk populations?
Background
One of MHCLG’s top priorities is to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. The evidence base in this policy area is good but there’s more to do.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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Related UKRI funded projects
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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
Why might this be relevant?
This project specifically focuses on improving health and reducing inequalities for people experiencing homelessness, addressing the data, evidence, and tools needed to identify at-risk populations.
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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
Groups that experience the worst health outcomes include people in coastal communities (like in the North East and North Cumbria), experiencing homelessness, dependent on drugs or alcohol, vulnerable migrants, people in ...
Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
This project aims to address health disparities in homeless populations through community asset partnerships, providing training, evidence development, and mapping services to support individuals with complex needs.
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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
Why might this be relevant?
While this project focuses on COVID-19 and rough sleepers, it partially addresses the question by evaluating models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness, which could be relevant to identifying at-risk populations.