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This section gives details of Homeless Link's policy, research and and campaigns work towards our goal of ending homelessness. It also contains other information you may need to help us achieve this.
Our End Homelessness website includes an action paper, which sets out how we can make homelessness history by 2022.
What's new in the policy and information section?
- Internal Review of Housing Benefit - Homeless Link has written to Stephen Timms MP on the internal review of housing benefit currently being undertaken by the Department for Work and Pensions.
- Two new consultation responses - Homeless Link has responded to the Glover Review into the Role of SMEs in public procurement and the Consumer Focus Forward Work Programe. See our consultations page for all the latest responses
- Rough Sleeping Discussion paper - Homeless Link has responded to Communities and Local Government's discussion paper on an updated rough sleeping strategy.
- Informal adult learning: shaping the way ahead - Homeless Link response to Dept for Universities, Innovation and Skills consultation highlights the positive outcomes of meaningful activity in the homelessness sector as a form of informal learning.
- New Multiple exclusion and homelessness initative - £680,000 committed to for academic research initative launched in June.
- Central and Eastern Europeans (CEE) - The Central and Eastern European Project The action plan to reduce rough sleeping among people from CEE countries in London was published in June.
- Updated LAA briefing - Further details about Local Area Agreements (LAAs) and their importance for homelessness services.
Toolkits and audit tools
- Clean break: integrated housing and care pathways for homeless drug users - Findings from our action research project, practical solutions and a useful online Clean Break toolkit for commissioners, service providers and leads on drugs and housing services.
- The Older Homeless Audit is a methodology developed by Homeless Link's Coalition on Older Homelessness to measure the numbers and support needs of older people in hostels and on the streets. Information on the audit and a report from Cambridge is available through the older homeless people's pages.
- Move-on plans protocol (MOPP) - The move-on plans protocol project (MOPP) is Homeless Link’s response to the national problem of move-on. An information booklet and toolkit to support the development of the protocol in your area are now available.
How to find the information you need
Facts and figures
- For basic facts and statistics about homelessness, see Homelessness Facts.
Issues
- Our Issues page lists all the key topics on the site and includes a facility to Search for information by keyword.
Briefings
- Our briefings look at key issues in depth. Search for all briefings on the site.
Areas of work
- Read about our Research work, including the Research Forum.
- See our political and campaigning pages: Campaigns; Consultations and Legislation.
- Homeless Link has policy projects working in the areas of:
Publications
- See our publications pages and Connect, our quarterly magazine.
