By The Simon Communities of Ireland | Project Leaader
As a follow up to our Finding the Way Home research and in light of the Government's commitment to end long term homelessness by implementing a housing-led approach, the Simon Communities in Ireland commissioned a piece of research to explore the experiences of the Simon Communities introducing housing-led services. The research was designed to help inform and critically assess the use of housing-led services as a response to homelessness at both national and local level.
The study reinforces the message of the efficacy of housing led approaches once the core elements of harm reduction, the seperation of housing and support and the provision of intensive, open ended support are available. There are a number of key barriers identified including how to phase the shift away from emergency provision towards investing in housing led options given current demand for emergency accomodation and the lack of of affordable and adequate housing for move on.
This article outlines the Simon Communities recommendation on moving forward with a housing-led approach.
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