Publications
Browse our publications to discover what works
We collaborate with academics, universities, and research groups to uncover what really helps people out of homelessness. Explore our growing body of work that includes randomised control trials, systematic reviews, policy papers, and books which help to fill the gaps in our understanding of homelessness.
Featured Publication
February 2025
What is a Hostel in 21st Century Britain?
Based on the largest ever survey of UK hostels, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the current provision of hostels.
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May 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Social Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
This paper introduces the concept of social entrepreneurship, exploring its potential contribution to a what works system, and describes the role of entrepreneurial philanthropy in funding such approaches. It then makes tentative proposals about the specific functions of social entrepreneurship in the homelessness field and explores criticisms of social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial philanthropy.
May 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Finnish but not yet finished: Successes and challenges of Housing First in Finland
Homelessness in Finland has decreased continuously since 2013. Read about their strategy, and what has worked – and not – in this article for the European Journal of Homelessness
April 2022
Insights into the use of modular housing in addressing homelessness
Modular housing is one of the innovations increasingly used in the homelessness sector to provide temporary accommodation, but there is very limited evidence about the effectiveness of these models, the barriers and facilitators to set them up and operate them, and the experiences of people housed there. This research provides an overview of current modular and container housing provision in the UK.
April 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Governing Through Definitions and Numbers
This paper looks at the latest research on how analysis of homeless registrations are utilised as instruments of governing homelessness in Nordic countries.
April 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: The Promises and Pitfalls of Administrative Data Linkage for Tackling Homelessness
This article draws on published research and use case studies of linkages undertaken by one of the authors to reflect on the promises and pitfalls of administrative data linkage to understand and tackle homelessness.
April 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Homelessness and Street Homelessness in England
This article sets out the policy context on homelessness and street homelessness in England and to provide an overview of how improvements to the available data and evidence have contributed to, and influenced, policy-making.
April 2022
European Journal of Homelessness: Housing Affordability and Homelessness: Probing Australian Evidence
This paper reviews recent evidence on the relationship between housing affordability and homelessness in Australia.
April 2022
Evidence and Gap Maps Effectiveness: Fourth Edition
The fourth edition of this report which presents the findings from the first of these maps, that is the evidence and gap map on effectiveness. This new edition contains 562 studies, a fifth (112 studies) of which were published in the past two years.
