Homelessness

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POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Housing First established model in London

By Dan Peters | 19 March 2026

The innovative Housing First programme has become an established model in London, a website showing services for homeless people across the capital has revealed.

ROUGH SLEEPING

Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture

By Neil Merrick | 02 March 2026

Councils that traditionally report large numbers of rough sleepers recorded fewer people sleeping...

LG CHALLENGE

LG Challenge: Leading the way to embedding AI responsibly

By Michael Barrett | 23 February 2026

The opening challenge of LG Challenge 2026 took two competing local government teams to Lambeth L...

DATA & DIGITAL

Reaping the benefits of collaboration on technology and innovation piece by piece

By Eddie Copeland | 11 February 2026

There is a powerful logic to making intelligent use of data, technology and a wide range of trans...

PERFORMANCE

Is it time to inspect homelessness?

By Jack Shaw | 11 February 2026

The Government is already laying much of the groundwork for an ‘Ofsted for homelessness’, says Ja...

FINANCE

What CIPFA's Financial Resilience Index reveals about risk and reform

By Florence Bastos | 20 January 2026

CIPFA and Infoshare+’s Financial Resilience Index shows that better planning horizons will not be...

FINANCE

CIPFA: Councils' demand and deficit risks deepen

By Ann McGauran | 20 January 2026

Councils are holding higher debt levels and lower usable reserves, leaving the system more levera...

AI

AI: powering the next chapter of UK local government

By Emma Foy | 19 January 2026

One year on from the national AI Action Plan, Emma Foy says those who move early – and move respo...

HOUSING

'Exporting' the housing challenge

By Paul Marinko | 14 January 2026

The growing tendency of councils to use ‘out of area’ placements to discharge their housing respo...

The homelessness action plan has not fixed everything, but hope is on the horizon

By Dee O'Connell | 12 January 2026

A greater recognition of the links between housing and health mean that the new homelessness acti...

HOUSING

Investing in homes that work for councils and residents

By Josie Parsons | 19 December 2025

Delivering homes that are financially sustainable and socially valuable is a priority that’s beco...

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