Research and insights1 September 2015
The Wellbeing Value of Tackling Homelessness
- Research explores key issues around homelessness and value of placing individuals and families in temporary and permanent housing.
- Average impact of moving from rough sleeping to temporary accommodation has a value of £16,488 per person.
- The impact of a move from temporary accommodation to settle housing is valued at £8,019 per person.
Affinity Sutton, alongside Midland Heart and Family Mosaic, has supported research undertaken by HACT and Simetrica which breaks new ground in exploring key issues around homelessness using rigorous statistical methods to place monetary values on the impact of placing individuals and families in temporary and permanent housing.
Please note this research was conducted prior to Affinity Sutton merging with Circle Housing to create Clarion Housing Group.
