Policy failure or f***up: homelessness and welfare reform in England
Homelessness and welfare reform in England
24 November 2020
Centre for Homelessness Impact systematic review – Call for Evidence
The Centre for Homelessness Impact has appointed the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester to undertake a systematic review of the effectiveness of harm reduction versus abstinence-based substance use interventions for people experiencing homelessness.
19 November 2020
Homelessness and the Private Rented Sector
Homelessness has a devastating effect on those who experience it and is costly to the public purse.
21 November 2018
Benefit changes drive increase in homelessness from rented housing
New resarch by the Policy Evauation and Research Unit, commissioned by the Residentail Landlords Association, is released today.
21 November 2018
The government’s rough sleeping strategy has some major flaws argues Chris O’Leary
In a new article in Inside Housing PERU's Dr. Chris O'Leary explains that the rough sleeping population is not homogenous, nor is it static.
13 September 2018
Millennials’ home ownership hopes dashed by a broken housing market
PERU’s Dr Chris O' Leary, an expert on housing, writes about home ownership.
19 February 2018
New PhD scholarship available – co-production and the Manchester Homelessness Charter
A funded PhD scholarship is now available to evaluate co-production and the Manchester Homelessness Charter.
10 November 2016
Through the Gate Services – an Academy for Justice Commissioning evening seminar
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamund Street West, Manchester M15 6LL | Tue 9 June 2015
28 May 2015
Vision Housing Evaluation in Guardian Newspaper
A recent study by the Department of Sociology & Criminology’s Policy and Evaluation Research Unit (PERU)
11 February 2013
The role of stable accommodation in reducing recidivism: what does the evidence tell us?
Co-creation and strength-based working as characteristics of social innovation bonds.
11 January 2013