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Building on the influential Using Evidence to End Homelessness (Bristol University Press, 2020), this practical collection shows how evidence and data can drive smarter action to improve outcomes for people affected by homelessness. Six years on, it captures lessons learned and progress made while charting a path for greater impact. With new contributions from leaders including Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Sir Michael Barber and Rosanne Haggerty, it highlights innovative approaches transforming housing, health, education, media, sport and the arts.
Through case studies, collaborative models, and policy tools, it equips practitioners, policymakers, funders and community leaders to act more effectively. The book is an essential resource for all those working to end homelessness.
Lígia Teixeira is Founder and CEO of the Centre for Homelessness Impact. The Centre, a member of the UK’s What Works Network, has galvanised a movement to apply reliable evidence and data in homelessness — showing that trying to do good is not enough, and driving a shift towards action that delivers real impact.
Greg Hurst is Director of Communications and Public Engagement at the Centre for Homelessness Impact. He spent 20 years as a journalist at The Times, including as Social Affairs Editor and Education Editor, reporting on social policy, inequality and public services.
Foreword - David Halpern
Part I: Ambition, Leadership and the Prevention Turn
1. An Impact Manifesto for the Prevention Turn - Lígia Teixeira
2. The Delivery Gap: Turning Strategies Into Impact - Michael Barber
3. Using Data and Evidence to Address Homelessness and Rough Sleeping: A Government Approach - Stephen Aldridge
4. A City Region’s Commitment to Ending Homelessness: The Greater Manchester Model - Andy Burnham
5. Harnessing Evidence to Promote Fairness and End Homelessness - Will Snell
Part II: Prevention Across Public Services
6. Leveraging Public Health to Prevent Homelessness Systemically - Carol Black
7. The Role of a Country’s Safety Net in Preventing Homelessness - Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Pete Mackie
8. Breaking the Link Between Prison and Homelessness: A Justice-Focused Approach - Richard Garside
9. Prevention Begins in the Classroom - James Turner
10. Bridging the Gap: How Education Can Break the Cycle of Homelessness - Greg Hurst
Part III: From Evidence to Action - Building Systems That Deliver
11. From Knowledge to Norm: Embedding Evidence for Cultural Change - Lígia Teixeira
12. Implementation as Infrastructure: Turning Evidence Into Enduring Change - Lígia Teixeira
13. Building the Evidence Infrastructure in Homelessness: Five Years of Learning - Guillermo Rodriguez-Guzman
14. Beyond Isolated Studies: How Global Synthesis Powers Efforts to End Homelessness - Will Moy
15. Unlocking the Potential for Data to Prevent Homelessness - Michael Sanders, Vanessa Hirneis, Julia Ellingwood
16. A Capital Commitment: Edinburgh’s City-Wide Response to the Homelessness Crisis - Derek McGowan, Lezley Marion Cameron and Kenneth Gibb
Part IV: What Works – Learning Across Borders and Constraints
17. Faith, Values and Global Action- Mark McGreevy
18. Community-Driven Solutions to Homelessness - Rosanne Haggerty
19. Housing First and the Power of Prevention: What Finland Teaches Us About Tackling Homelessness - Juha Kahila
20. Navigating with Evidence: Portugal’s National Strategy to End Homelessness - Henrique Joaquim
21.Building an Evidence Base: Australia’s Emerging Approach to Tackling Homelessness - Eleanor Williams
22. Doing More with Less: What the Global South Teaches Us About Innovation and Community Power - Lígia Teixeira
Part V: Shaping Understanding – Narrative, Voice and Legitimacy
23. Reporting for Change: How Evidence-Led Journalism Can Help End Homelessness - Lígia Teixeira and Greg Hurst
24. Playing for Change: How Sport Can Prevent Homelessness - Jo Metcalfe
25. Nice to Have or Need to Have? The Role of Arts and Creativity in Preventing and Responding to Homelessness - Matt Peacock
26. Why Homelessness Experience Matters for Media Diversity - Mike Findlay-Agnew
27. I Escaped the Streets – Now I Make Documentaries. Why Owning Our past Can Help End Homelessness - Lorna Tucker
Part VI: Catalysing Action Through Funding and Innovation
28. How Endowment Funding Can Drive Smarter Policy and More Effective Implementation in a Complex System - Sam Freedman
29. Philanthropy’s Power to Transform: Investing in Evidence-Led Solutions - Brian Robson
30. Reducing the Use of Temporary Accommodation Through Prevention - Jack Shaw
31. How Entrepreneurs Can Help End Homelessness and Do No Harm - Jonathan Roberts
32. How Faith Groups Can Use Data and Evidence to Move Towards Ending Homelessness - Ian Rutherford
Afterword: Why the Path to Ending Homelessness Is Rarely Direct - Lígia Teixeira