Shelter’s Homeless to Home: An Evaluation

In 2002, Shelter and Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council established a three year pilot project, Shelter Inclusion Project, to test a new approach to addressing anti-social behaviour and social exclusion. The project was designed to provide an alternative model to present enforcement policies and residential schemes, by offering a specialist floating support service to address anti-social behaviour issues associated with support needs and also reduce the risk of homelessness. An independent evaluation of the pilot model was also commissioned, funded by the Housing Corporation and undertaken by the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York.