Sustaining resettlement
A major report following single homeless people for eighteen months after being resettled into independent accommodation shows housing related support did work for the great majority: 81 percent were still in independent accommodation, 73 percent in their original tenancies.
The research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It was carried out by researchers from the University of Sheffield.
Researchers followed the fortunes of 400 single homeless people resettled from projects in London, Nottingham and Yorkshire. The six organisations involved in the research were Broadway, Centrepoint, Framework, St Anne’s, St Mungo’s and Thames Reach.
This report is a rare piece of evidence following housing related support clients after they leave a short-term accommodation-based service and shows clearly they do not just end up on the streets again almost immediately but mostly make a success of their new tenancy.
The full report is 129 pages long but there’s a three-page Executive Summary near the start.
Printed copies are available from the University of Sheffield for £12.50.
The six organisations involved in the research have released a joint response.
Download joint response (pdf)
We will feature the report in a future issue of the Sitra bulletin.
