Policy briefings
A major part of Crisis' work lies in improving homeless people's lives through advancing appropriate and supportive policies within government and voluntary sectors. Our aim is to influence policy makers in Government and the voluntary sector by engaging positively and pro-actively with the external political environment, using the insights from our research and project work to make the case for specific changes to policy at all levels to improve the lives of homeless people.
Policy briefings call for and outline particular changes that Crisis believes should be made in government policy to benefit homeless people and wider society.
Policy briefings
Single Room Rent (SRR) - the case for abolition (Oct 2006)
A call by a coalition of organisations including Crisis for ministers to scrap a welfare rule causing hardship and homelessness among young and vulnerable adults, by capping the amount of help they can receive towards their rent.
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From the margins to the mainstream: A new model of public service delivery (Dec 05)
Crisis' case for the need for mainstream public services that can reach those individuals who are not being engaged by existing services, that recognize the inter-connected nature of people’s needs, and deliver services which are "person-centred".
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Hidden Homelessness: Seventeen Solutions (Sept 04)
Based upon a review of existing government policy, interviews with homeless people and Crisis’ frontline experience, Hidden Homelessness 17 Solutions is Crisis’ contribution to the question of how we might begin to tackle the growing hidden homelessness problem.
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Compassion not coercion - Addressing the issue of begging (March 2003)
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Critical Condition - Homeless people's access to GPs (Dec 2002)
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A Question of Vulnerability - Single homeless people and access to social housing (Oct 2002)
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Not just another form - Guide to measuring single homelessness (2001)
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