Housing Vulnerable Single Homeless People

Research has tended to concentrate on the causes of single homelessness and the characteristics of single homeless people, rather than examining the effectiveness of the services that exist to help single homeless people back into housing. This research was designed to provide detailed information on the rehousing needs of single homeless people and the effectiveness of the main services that exists to meet those needs, the homelessness services provided by local authority housing departments. The research had four main objectives: i) to explore the experience of local authority housing departments in managing temporary and permanent housing for previously homeless single people; ii) to investigate the interaction between housing departments and other agencies involved in the housing, welfare or care of statutorily homeless single people; iii) to evaluate the extent to which housing and support services met the needs of statutorily homeless single people; iv) to consider the implications of the findings of the research for the current and future management of social housing.