News and Updates
September 24, 2024
40,000 Scots seek homelessness assistance
The number of households staying in temporary accommodation has reached 16,330, a year-on-year rise of 9%, as more people seek help. Heather McCluskey looks at Scotland's latest homelessness statistics
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September 23, 2024
Evaluating the impact of innovative use of personal budgets for people with experience of rough sleeping
In other fields of social policy there is a growing body of evidence that giving people agency to make decisions on how they overcome adversity is highly effective but there have been far fewer evaluations of its effectiveness for people experiencing homelessness. Katie O'Connor from Greater Change writes for us.
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September 20, 2024
Achieving value for money in temporary accommodation
Matthew Wilkins, Head of Value for Money at CHI, discusses the launch of our value for money work which has an initial focus on temporary accommodation
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September 26, 2024
Images that show the real face of rural homelessness
Greg Hurst writes about our new collection of rural images with the Rural Counts Coalition
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September 26, 2024
Unveiling Hidden Realities: New Images of Rural Homelessness
Find out about our new collection of images of people who are experiencing homelessness in rural areas, a partnership between CHI and the Rural Homeless Counts coalition.
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August 28, 2024
Photos that reflect reality
In early 2023, we launched the UK’s first free library of non-stigmatising images of real people experiencing homelessness, for anyone to use. Here we share details of our latest shoot and the importance of images that reflect reality.
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August 21, 2024
Testing the impact of volunteer-led support to prevent rough sleeping
Rebecca Jackson discusses the The Citadel model of intervention, which is part of our Test & Learn programme. Citadel was developed in Wales by Housing Justice Cymru, a charity that works in partnership with voluntary, community and faith groups to help provide a safe and stable home to people experiencing and at risk of homelessness.
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August 8, 2024
Navigating the dark clouds of neo-fascism: A personal reflection on the recent riots
"The ongoing violence in the UK is a sobering reminder of the challenges we face in building a just and inclusive society". Founder and CEO of the Centre for Homelessness Impact, Dr Ligia Teixeira shares her thoughts around the recent unrest and turmoil in the UK, and the systemic failures that have led to such a incendiary period.
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