Introduction
We worked with the LGA and Leeds and Cornwall councils during 2022 to understand what approaches have worked in homelessness prevention, how much they cost, costs that can have been avoided, and some of the benefits accrued by their implementation. From this, we produced homelessness prevention report and tool, containing some simple cost benefit models which are free to use on our website.
Conclusion
Leeds and Cornwall were selected as they are both active in homelessness prevention, keen to build on their own good practice and interested in a tool which can demonstrate the outcomes and impact of the work they do.
We followed a staged approach to developing the investment case. This involved:
- A discovery phase where we reviewed available data and interviewed key participants in the homelessness service in Leeds and Cornwall
- Development of a logic model, where we explored the inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact of homelessness prevention work in Leeds and Cornwall
- Development of a simple cost and benefit model, where we looked at the specific costs and estimated, monetised benefits of selected homelessness prevention interventions in Leeds and Cornwall
The Homelessness Prevention Model
This model seeks to provide a framework for the quantification of costs and benefits relating to programmes focusing on homelessness prevention provided by Local Authorities. Costs represent the annual cost of providing the service, and the benefits are user defined based on the outcomes achieved by the Programme. Benefits focus on how costs can be reduced / avoided for the greater system of public service providers.
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The Homelessness Prevention Webinar
The webinar is chaired by Charli Fudge, Policy advisor for homelessness at the LGA,
Peter Shovlin, Head of Housing Options at Leeds and Melanie Brain, Head of Housing Options at Cornwall. In the webinar they share how they’ve used the homelessness prevention tool and how you can adopt their approach.
Jenny Coombs, Programme Director at Local Partnerships, will also be speaking.
Webinar recording from the 18 January 2023
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