Director of communications + public engagement for @homelessimpact sharing insights on evidence-led ways to end #homelessness. Ex-@thetimes. Views = my own
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What do we have so little data on student homelessness. And very little causal evidence of what works to prevent it? My thoughts: wonkhe.com/blogs/universitie…
I've written about how the regional and local press can lead the way in changing the narrative around homelessness: holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/…
Grateful to join an @insidehousing round table with leaders in London to discuss record numbers of households in temporary accommodation.
I spoke about spiralling cost, poor outcomes, especially for families, and the need to shift to prevention.
insidehousing.co.uk/interact…
Greg Hurst retweeted
Pls send this to a young person who would make a brilliant political reporter especially if you think they might lack other avenues or the sort of self belief that only money can buy.... teapawt.net/adampayne26/status/206…
Meeting with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority…
Majestic views over the Port of Liverpool Building, built in the Edwardian Baroque style, and the Art Deco modernism of the George’s Dock Building next door … with Royal Liver Building behind
Great to have such a strong short-list for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness
We are delighted to announce the finalists for the 2026 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness sponsored by @homelessimpact.
Congratulations all - thanks to our dedicated panel @michaelgove, @sarahoconnor_, Ligia Teixeira and @melyoung53.
Find out more: orwellfoundation.com/the-orw…
Greg Hurst retweeted
We are delighted to announce the finalists for the 2026 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness sponsored by @homelessimpact.
Congratulations all - thanks to our dedicated panel @michaelgove, @sarahoconnor_, Ligia Teixeira and @melyoung53.
Find out more: orwellfoundation.com/the-orw…
Now available to pre-order: a book of essays by top leaders, thinkers, practitioners and global experts on the evidence for what works to prevent homelessness👇
policy.bristoluniversitypres…
Thanks to @paullewismoney and the team for having me on @Moneybox on @BBCRadio4 to talk about our latest @homelessimpact report on how debt - chiefly arrears in rent, council tax and utility bills - has become a structural driver of homelessness👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tp…
This report, by academics at @PFRC_uk at @BristolUni, shows how problem debt is a key mechanism through which structural pressures become housing crises. The fundamental point is, we can prevent this - with smarter early intervention and resolution, not automatic enforcement
You can read their report here: homelessnessimpact.org/publi…
Very exciting that the Scottish Government cited research published by @homelessimpact when announcing its introduction of Care Leaver Payments from next month 🚀
Should improve prospects for thousands of young people leaving local authority care in Scottish in coking years
Q: What happens when you give £2,000 - with no strings attached - to young people leaving local authority care?
A: More stay in stable housing, fewer 'sofa surf', more engage with preventative health care, fewer go to A&E, more report improved well being
homelessnessimpact.org/publi…
