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Papers by Ligia Teixeira
Policy Press eBooks, Apr 29, 2020
British Academy eBooks, Nov 4, 2021
Much is known about how to address homelessness, but much remains unknown. In this environment, w... more Much is known about how to address homelessness, but much remains unknown. In this environment, what can government leaders and advocates do to make lasting change in ending homelessness? Quite a lot, as it happens. In this chapter, Lígia Teixeira outlines steps that might be taken to accelerate progress that results in real lasting change. The underlying argument is that to succeed we need a new ‘what works’ movement in homelessness that uses evidence and reason to figure out what works and what does not, allowing us to reject the dangerous half-truths that can pass for wisdom.
Dr Culhane is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and ... more Dr Culhane is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and assisted housing policy. His work has contributed to efforts to address the housing and support needs of people experiencing housing emergencies and long-term homelessness. Most recently, Culhane's research has focused on using linked administrative data to gain a better understanding about the service utilisation patterns of vulnerable populations, including youth exiting foster care and/or juvenile justice, as well as the individuals aged 55 and older who are experiencing homelessness. Culhane's research also focuses on homelessness among veterans. From July 2009 to June 2018 he served as Director of Research at the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, an initiative of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Culhane also co-directs Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP), an initiative that promotes the development, use and innovation of integrated data systems by states and localities for policy analysis and systems reform. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. He was previously a professor of geography at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked in Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds and New Zealand, went to university in Newcastle upon Tyne and to school in Oxford. He has published, with many colleagues, more than a dozen books on issues related to social inequalities in Britain and several hundred journal papers. Much of this work is available open access. His work concerns issues of housing, health, employment, education and poverty. He is an academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences, was Honorary President of the Society of Cartographers from 2007 to 2017 and is a patron of Roadpeace, the national charity for road crash victims. Matt Downie MBE is Director of Policy and External Affairs for Crisis. Matt has led award-winning teams at Action for Children, the National Autistic Society and Crisis. Political Using Evidence to End Homelessness x successes include the Autism Act 2009, stopping the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US on charges of computer hacking, establishing a multi-million pound government savings scheme for children in care and the introduction of a new criminal offence of psychological child abuse. Most recently he led a campaign to achieve the Homelessness Reduction Act which came into force in 2018. Matt was awarded an MBE in the 2019 Queen's birthdays honours list, for services to tackle homelessness. Caroline Fiennes is Director of Giving Evidence, which encourages and enables giving based on sound evidence. She advises people and companies on giving well to charities and is one of the few people whose work has featured in both the scientific journal Nature and OK! magazine. She frequently speaks and writes in the press and has been an award-winning Chief Executive of the climate change charity Global Cool, which promotes green living. She has advised donors including the Emirates Foundation in UAE, Eurostar, the Ashden Awards, the Big Lottery Fund, the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, professional tennis players, the Private Equity Foundation, BBC Children in Need, Booz & Co and Morgan Stanley. This work has spanned environment, health, education, international development, children's issues and other areas.
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2022
Background Health research teams increasingly partner with stakeholders to produce research that ... more Background Health research teams increasingly partner with stakeholders to produce research that is relevant, accessible, and widely used. Previous work has covered stakeholder group identification. Objective We aimed to develop factors for health research teams to consider during identification and invitation of individual representatives in a multi-stakeholder research partnership, with the aim of forming equitable and informed teams. Design Consensus development. Participants We involved 16 stakeholders from the international Multi-Stakeholder Engagement (MuSE) Consortium, including patients and the public, providers, payers of health services/purchasers, policy makers, programme managers, peer review editors, and principal investigators. Approach We engaged stakeholders in factor development and as co-authors of this manuscript. Using a modified Delphi approach, we gathered stakeholder views concerning a preliminary list of 18 factors. Over two feedback rounds, using qualitative...
London School of Economics and Political Science, Jun 25, 2020
highlights the need for better data and better use of evidence in tackling homelessness in the UK... more highlights the need for better data and better use of evidence in tackling homelessness in the UK, as well as the urgency surrounding relevant policy-making in the context of COVID-19. COVID-19 came at a time when homelessness remained stubbornly high in many parts of the UK. While the situation had improved significantly since the mid-1960s, too many people remained without a home. But then on March 27, Westminster called for all street homeless people to be housed within days: an ambition long-held by the entire homelessness sector was achieved almost overnight. While this was only a temporary solution to a complex problem, the crisis offers a rare opportunity to transform the homelessness system for good. An effective way of achieving such a step change would be by focusing on what works; in other words, by finding and funding solutions backed by evidence and data. As we highlight in our new book, Using Evidence to End Homelessness, the UK spends a significant amount on homelessness services, but very little on learning which policies and interventions work. Rigorous evaluations of homelessness policy are exceedingly rare. The vast majority of the 227 studies in our Evidence and Gap Map of Effectiveness studies are from the US; only 12 of them are from the UK.
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
Background It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness each... more Background It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness each year, although no definitive statistics exist. Between March and September 2020, as part of the initial ‘Everyone In’ government response to COVID-19 in England, 10,566 people were living in emergency accommodation and nearly 18,911 people had been moved into settled accommodation. However, some forms of temporary accommodation may not be suitable as shared facilities make it impossible for people to adhere to government guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Methods This is parallel group, pilot randomised controlled trial. The target is to recruit three local authorities, each of which will recruit 50 participants (thus a total of approximately 150 participants). Individuals are eligible if they are aged 18 and over, in a single-person homeless household, temporarily accommodated by the LA with recourse to public funds. Participants will be randomised to receive settled accommod...
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2022
Moving On Trial: Protocol For a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Models of Housing and Support to Reduce Risks of COVID19 Infection and Homelessness, 2022
Background: It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness eac... more Background: It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness each year, although no definitive statistics exist. Between March and September 2020, as part of the initial 'Everyone In' government response to COVID-19 in England, 10,566 people were living in emergency accommodation and nearly 18,911 people had been moved into settled accommodation. However, some forms of temporary accommodation may not be suitable as shared facilities make it impossible for people to adhere to government guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Methods: This is parallel group, pilot randomised controlled trial. The target is to recruit three local authorities, each of which will recruit 50 participants (thus a total of approximately 150 participants). Individuals are eligible if they are aged 18 and over, in a single-person homeless household, temporarily accommodated by the LA with recourse to public funds. Participants will be randomised to receive settled accommodation (intervention group) or temporary accommodation (control group). The intervention group includes settled housing such as Private Rented Sector (low and medium support), Social Housing (low and medium support), and Housing First (High support). The control group will maintain treatment as usual. The follow-up period will last 6 months. The primary outcome is to assess the feasibility of recruitment, retention, and acceptability of trial processes against progression criteria laid out in a traffic light system (green: all criteria are met, the trial should progress as designed in this pilot; amber: the majority of criteria are met and with adaptations to methods all criteria could be met; red: the minority of criteria are met and the pilot RCT should not proceed). Secondary outcomes include assessment of completeness of data collection at 3 and 6 months and percentage of participants consenting to data linkage, as well as a process evaluation and economic evaluation. Discussion: This trial will address feasibility questions associated with progression to a fully powered effectiveness trial of models of housing to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection and homelessness.
The first ever large-scale study on public attitudes to homelessness has revealed that public opi... more The first ever large-scale study on public attitudes to homelessness has revealed that public opinion tends to overlook the relationship between homelessness and poverty in favour of a more fatalistic view that blames individual circumstances and poor choices. Ligia Teixeira writes that if we are to end homelessness once and for all, then we need the public’s support. She explains the third sector’s role in that
In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pa... more In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion.
Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessnes... more Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. About CHP The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) at the University of York was established in 1990 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. In size, financial strength and reputation, CHP is now one of the leading housing research centres in Europe.
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Homelessnesspeople living on the street, in temporary accommodation, or at risk of losing their h... more Homelessnesspeople living on the street, in temporary accommodation, or at risk of losing their homesis a persistent problem across the developed world. Policies and programmes to tackle homelessness should be informed by evidence of effectiveness. This is the protocol for an evidence and gap map for studies of the effectiveness of interventions to improve the welfare of those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. We proposed a comprehensive search for studies, with systematic screening, coding and reporting. The available studies will be presented in an online interactive map together with a supporting report.
Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessnes... more Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. About CHP The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) at the University of York was established in 1990 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. In size, financial strength and reputation, CHP is now one of the leading housing research centres in Europe.
International Journal of Housing Policy, 2012
When first developed in the United States, ‘Housing First’ was highly controversial given its dep... more When first developed in the United States, ‘Housing First’ was highly controversial given its departure from mainstream ‘linear’ service models for homeless people with complex support needs. It has nevertheless since been heralded as presenting a key ‘antidote’ to chronic homelessness and is being replicated across North America and Europe with what might be regarded as ‘evangelical’ fervour. Reception to
Policy Press eBooks, Apr 29, 2020
British Academy eBooks, Nov 4, 2021
Much is known about how to address homelessness, but much remains unknown. In this environment, w... more Much is known about how to address homelessness, but much remains unknown. In this environment, what can government leaders and advocates do to make lasting change in ending homelessness? Quite a lot, as it happens. In this chapter, Lígia Teixeira outlines steps that might be taken to accelerate progress that results in real lasting change. The underlying argument is that to succeed we need a new ‘what works’ movement in homelessness that uses evidence and reason to figure out what works and what does not, allowing us to reject the dangerous half-truths that can pass for wisdom.
Dr Culhane is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and ... more Dr Culhane is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and assisted housing policy. His work has contributed to efforts to address the housing and support needs of people experiencing housing emergencies and long-term homelessness. Most recently, Culhane's research has focused on using linked administrative data to gain a better understanding about the service utilisation patterns of vulnerable populations, including youth exiting foster care and/or juvenile justice, as well as the individuals aged 55 and older who are experiencing homelessness. Culhane's research also focuses on homelessness among veterans. From July 2009 to June 2018 he served as Director of Research at the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, an initiative of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Culhane also co-directs Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP), an initiative that promotes the development, use and innovation of integrated data systems by states and localities for policy analysis and systems reform. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. He was previously a professor of geography at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked in Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds and New Zealand, went to university in Newcastle upon Tyne and to school in Oxford. He has published, with many colleagues, more than a dozen books on issues related to social inequalities in Britain and several hundred journal papers. Much of this work is available open access. His work concerns issues of housing, health, employment, education and poverty. He is an academician of the Academy of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences, was Honorary President of the Society of Cartographers from 2007 to 2017 and is a patron of Roadpeace, the national charity for road crash victims. Matt Downie MBE is Director of Policy and External Affairs for Crisis. Matt has led award-winning teams at Action for Children, the National Autistic Society and Crisis. Political Using Evidence to End Homelessness x successes include the Autism Act 2009, stopping the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US on charges of computer hacking, establishing a multi-million pound government savings scheme for children in care and the introduction of a new criminal offence of psychological child abuse. Most recently he led a campaign to achieve the Homelessness Reduction Act which came into force in 2018. Matt was awarded an MBE in the 2019 Queen's birthdays honours list, for services to tackle homelessness. Caroline Fiennes is Director of Giving Evidence, which encourages and enables giving based on sound evidence. She advises people and companies on giving well to charities and is one of the few people whose work has featured in both the scientific journal Nature and OK! magazine. She frequently speaks and writes in the press and has been an award-winning Chief Executive of the climate change charity Global Cool, which promotes green living. She has advised donors including the Emirates Foundation in UAE, Eurostar, the Ashden Awards, the Big Lottery Fund, the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, professional tennis players, the Private Equity Foundation, BBC Children in Need, Booz & Co and Morgan Stanley. This work has spanned environment, health, education, international development, children's issues and other areas.
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2022
Background Health research teams increasingly partner with stakeholders to produce research that ... more Background Health research teams increasingly partner with stakeholders to produce research that is relevant, accessible, and widely used. Previous work has covered stakeholder group identification. Objective We aimed to develop factors for health research teams to consider during identification and invitation of individual representatives in a multi-stakeholder research partnership, with the aim of forming equitable and informed teams. Design Consensus development. Participants We involved 16 stakeholders from the international Multi-Stakeholder Engagement (MuSE) Consortium, including patients and the public, providers, payers of health services/purchasers, policy makers, programme managers, peer review editors, and principal investigators. Approach We engaged stakeholders in factor development and as co-authors of this manuscript. Using a modified Delphi approach, we gathered stakeholder views concerning a preliminary list of 18 factors. Over two feedback rounds, using qualitative...
London School of Economics and Political Science, Jun 25, 2020
highlights the need for better data and better use of evidence in tackling homelessness in the UK... more highlights the need for better data and better use of evidence in tackling homelessness in the UK, as well as the urgency surrounding relevant policy-making in the context of COVID-19. COVID-19 came at a time when homelessness remained stubbornly high in many parts of the UK. While the situation had improved significantly since the mid-1960s, too many people remained without a home. But then on March 27, Westminster called for all street homeless people to be housed within days: an ambition long-held by the entire homelessness sector was achieved almost overnight. While this was only a temporary solution to a complex problem, the crisis offers a rare opportunity to transform the homelessness system for good. An effective way of achieving such a step change would be by focusing on what works; in other words, by finding and funding solutions backed by evidence and data. As we highlight in our new book, Using Evidence to End Homelessness, the UK spends a significant amount on homelessness services, but very little on learning which policies and interventions work. Rigorous evaluations of homelessness policy are exceedingly rare. The vast majority of the 227 studies in our Evidence and Gap Map of Effectiveness studies are from the US; only 12 of them are from the UK.
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
Background It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness each... more Background It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness each year, although no definitive statistics exist. Between March and September 2020, as part of the initial ‘Everyone In’ government response to COVID-19 in England, 10,566 people were living in emergency accommodation and nearly 18,911 people had been moved into settled accommodation. However, some forms of temporary accommodation may not be suitable as shared facilities make it impossible for people to adhere to government guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Methods This is parallel group, pilot randomised controlled trial. The target is to recruit three local authorities, each of which will recruit 50 participants (thus a total of approximately 150 participants). Individuals are eligible if they are aged 18 and over, in a single-person homeless household, temporarily accommodated by the LA with recourse to public funds. Participants will be randomised to receive settled accommod...
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2022
Moving On Trial: Protocol For a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Models of Housing and Support to Reduce Risks of COVID19 Infection and Homelessness, 2022
Background: It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness eac... more Background: It is estimated that around 160,000 households in Britain experience homelessness each year, although no definitive statistics exist. Between March and September 2020, as part of the initial 'Everyone In' government response to COVID-19 in England, 10,566 people were living in emergency accommodation and nearly 18,911 people had been moved into settled accommodation. However, some forms of temporary accommodation may not be suitable as shared facilities make it impossible for people to adhere to government guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Methods: This is parallel group, pilot randomised controlled trial. The target is to recruit three local authorities, each of which will recruit 50 participants (thus a total of approximately 150 participants). Individuals are eligible if they are aged 18 and over, in a single-person homeless household, temporarily accommodated by the LA with recourse to public funds. Participants will be randomised to receive settled accommodation (intervention group) or temporary accommodation (control group). The intervention group includes settled housing such as Private Rented Sector (low and medium support), Social Housing (low and medium support), and Housing First (High support). The control group will maintain treatment as usual. The follow-up period will last 6 months. The primary outcome is to assess the feasibility of recruitment, retention, and acceptability of trial processes against progression criteria laid out in a traffic light system (green: all criteria are met, the trial should progress as designed in this pilot; amber: the majority of criteria are met and with adaptations to methods all criteria could be met; red: the minority of criteria are met and the pilot RCT should not proceed). Secondary outcomes include assessment of completeness of data collection at 3 and 6 months and percentage of participants consenting to data linkage, as well as a process evaluation and economic evaluation. Discussion: This trial will address feasibility questions associated with progression to a fully powered effectiveness trial of models of housing to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection and homelessness.
The first ever large-scale study on public attitudes to homelessness has revealed that public opi... more The first ever large-scale study on public attitudes to homelessness has revealed that public opinion tends to overlook the relationship between homelessness and poverty in favour of a more fatalistic view that blames individual circumstances and poor choices. Ligia Teixeira writes that if we are to end homelessness once and for all, then we need the public’s support. She explains the third sector’s role in that
In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pa... more In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion.
Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessnes... more Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. About CHP The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) at the University of York was established in 1990 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. In size, financial strength and reputation, CHP is now one of the leading housing research centres in Europe.
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Homelessnesspeople living on the street, in temporary accommodation, or at risk of losing their h... more Homelessnesspeople living on the street, in temporary accommodation, or at risk of losing their homesis a persistent problem across the developed world. Policies and programmes to tackle homelessness should be informed by evidence of effectiveness. This is the protocol for an evidence and gap map for studies of the effectiveness of interventions to improve the welfare of those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. We proposed a comprehensive search for studies, with systematic screening, coding and reporting. The available studies will be presented in an online interactive map together with a supporting report.
Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessnes... more Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. About CHP The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) at the University of York was established in 1990 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. In size, financial strength and reputation, CHP is now one of the leading housing research centres in Europe.
International Journal of Housing Policy, 2012
When first developed in the United States, ‘Housing First’ was highly controversial given its dep... more When first developed in the United States, ‘Housing First’ was highly controversial given its departure from mainstream ‘linear’ service models for homeless people with complex support needs. It has nevertheless since been heralded as presenting a key ‘antidote’ to chronic homelessness and is being replicated across North America and Europe with what might be regarded as ‘evangelical’ fervour. Reception to
Using Evidence to End Homelessness, 2020
