Homelessness Research Network

Theme: Evidence to end the criminalisation of homelessness

Presentation 1: Prof Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights for the United Nations  

Presentation 2: Dr Melissa Jogie, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Roehampton and Policy Fellow at the Centre for Homelessness Impact.

Theme: Discussions on private renting and homelessness

Presentation 1:

‍Dr. Jessica Lasky-Fink, Research Director at The People Lab at Harvard Kennedy School

Presentation 2:

‍Prof. Ken Gibb, Professor of Housing Economics (Urban Studies) at the University of Glasgow

Presentation 3:

‍Prof. Gregg Colburn, Associate Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington

Theme: Highlighting several landmark pieces of research and policy

Presentation 1:

‍Dr. Margot Kushel, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

Presentation 2:

‍Dr. Beth Watts-Cobbe, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research at Heriot-Watt University.

Presentation 3:

‍Niamh Flannigan, Implementation Lead at the Centre for Homelessness Impact.

Theme: Test and Learn

Presentation 1: 

‍Guillermo Rodríguez-Guzmán, Director of Evidence and Data at the Centre for Homelessness Impact

Presentation 2: 

‍ Rebecca Jackson, Programme Lead at the Centre for Homelessness Impact and Peter Sakis, Senior Consultant at Ipsos Policy and Evaluation Unit (Social Policy)

Presentation 3: 

Dr Abby Kendrick, Evidence and Data Lead at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, and Vanessa Hirneis, Research Assistant at the Policy Institute, King’s College London.

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Theme: 'Hidden Homelessness'

Presentation 1: Dr. Hope Harvey, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Kentucky
‘Why Families Form Shared Households’

Presentation 2: Dr. Molly Richard, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University
‘Community-Level Predictors of Doubled-Up Homelessness’

Presentation 3: Heather McCluskey, Implementation Lead at the Center for Homelessness Impact
‘Better Data Better Results’

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Theme: Homelessness, Housing Insecurity and Children

Presentation 1: A Comprehensive Demographic Profile of the US Evicted Population -Dr. Nick Graetz, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Eviction Lab at Princeton University

Presentation 2: A Citizen Science Approach to Identifying Indoor Environmental Barriers to Optimal Heath for under 5s Experiencing Homelessness in Temporary Accommodation-Diana Margot Rosenthal, PhD Candidtate and Researcher at University College London

Presentation 3: Unaccompanied Children and Young Adults Served by California's - Dr Ray Finnigan, Associate Research Director at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley

Theme: Healthcare, homelessness and stigma

Presentation 1: Social relationships, stigma, and wellbeing through experiences of homelessness in the United Kingdom -Dr. Jessica Rea, Lecturer at University College London

Presentation 2: How to improve access to healthcare for women experiencing homelessness in Northern Ireland  -Sarah McNeill, PhD Student at Queen’s University Belfast

Presentation 3: HALT - a tool for the primary care toolkit- Dr Alexandra Huey, Queen’s University Belfast

Theme: Supported housing and homelessness

Presentation 1: Assessing Racial Heterogeneity in Housing-Based Supports’ Effectiveness among older adults experiencing homelessness: evidence from Los Angeles County- Jared Schachner, Research Scientist at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Presentation 2: An overview of the supported housing system in England - Helen Hodgson, Director, Housing, Communities and Local Government Value for Money

Presentation 3: DLUHC and DWP supported housing research project - Christina Beatty, Professor of Applied Economic Geography In the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University

Presentation 4: The supported housing sector’s impact on homelessness prevention and health and wellbeing - Dean McGlynn, External Affairs Manager at the National Housing Federation

Theme: Young people and homelessness

Presentation 1: Making the Shift: Transforming responses to youth homelessness in Canada - Stephen Gaetz, Professor in the Faculty of Education, York University, and Melanie Redman, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of A Way Home Canada.

Presentation 2: Living or surviving? Benefits, barriers, and opportunities for young people transitioning out of homelessness - Katherine Hill, Senior Research Associate at the Centre forResearch in Social Policy at Loughborough University.

Presentation 3: Research Update: Nightstop Evaluation - Beth Woods, Evaluation Manager at Depaul UK

Theme: Ethnic inequalities and homelessness in the UK

Presentation 1: Ethnic inequalities and homelessness in the UK -Professor Nissa Finney, University of St. Andrews

Presentation 2: Homelessness amongst Black and minoritised ethnic communities in the UK: a statistical report on the state of the nation  -Professor Glen Bramley, I-SPHERE at Heriot-Watt University

Presentation 3: Racism and homelessness research -Sophie D’Souza, and Michael Allard, Crisis

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Presentations 1: Hidden Homelessness - Neil Preddy, Trustee, Oxfordshire Community Foundation and Vice Chair, Oxfordshire Homeless Movement

Presentation 2: Acrylic nails, hairdryers and a sea view:  embodied everyday experiences of homeless women - Harriet Earle-Brown

Presentation 3: Understanding the health of people with overlapping experiences of homelessness, justice involvement, problem drug use, and psychosis: Lessons from administrative data’ - Emily Tweed

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Presentation 1: Homelessness Reduction Act research - Francesca Albanese and Michael Allard, Crisis

Presentation 2: Social Innovation in Preventing Homelessness amongst Young People in Canada and Wales: International Engagement as a Key Driver - Andrew Connell, Salvation Army, and Jack Price, Wales Centre for Public Policy

Presentation 1: The role of housing assistance for people leaving prison - Dr Chris Martin, University of New South Wales

Presentation 2: Lost points of intervention in pathways to single homelessness in Hamilton, New Zealand - Carole McMinn, The People’s Project, and Dr Polly Atatoa-Carr, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato

Presentation 1: Findings of the recent Rough Sleeping Questionnaire - Dr Lucy Spurling, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Presentation 2: Creating a Data-Driven Homeless Response System – How Houston collects, integrates and utilises data to maximise coordination, improve accountability and reduce homelessness - Marc Eichenbaum, City of Houston, Texas

Presentation 1: Rent Better : research on the impact of the Private Residential Tenancy in Scotland, funded by the Nationwide Foundation - Anna Evans, Director, Indigo House.

Presentation 2: Aspire Social Impact Bond (Aspire SIB) - Australia's first homelessness focussed SIB - Jessica Dobrovic, Senior Analyst, Hutt St Centre - Adelaide

Presentation 1: Predicting Suicide, Domestic Violence, and Homelessness During Covid - Dr. Alina Turner, Co-President at HelpSeeker

Presentation 2: The findings of a trial to incentivise landlords to rent their properties to people who receive social benefits - Guillermo Rodríguez-Guzmán, Head of Evidence and Data, Centre for Homelessness Impact

Presentation 1: The role of housing assistance for people leaving prison - Dr Chris Martin, University of New South Wales

Presentation 2: Lost points of intervention in pathways to single homelessness in Hamilton, New Zealand - Carole McMinn, The People's Project, and Dr Polly Atatoa-Carr, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato

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