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COVID-19 has significant implications for England’s homelessness and rough sleeping population. However, the issue long preceded the pandemic, with deteriorating homelessness and rough sleeping outcomes evident over the course of the last decade.
The costs of homelessness and rough sleeping are considerable, but also far-reaching: there are costs to the people experiencing it, the economy and to public services. With this in mind, in this paper for the Salvation Army, WPI Economics makes the case for a different system of investment into homelessness and rough sleeping services, taking inspiration from the way in which infrastructure investment is considered; how much investment is needed, where is it necessary and what types should be funded?
Read the report here.
Published August 2020
