Impact assessment

Rough Sleeping Initiative 2018: impact evaluation

This evaluation report outlines the impact of the Rough Sleeping Initiative on reducing the numbers of people sleeping rough.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 12 September 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Impact evaluation of the Rough Sleeping Initiative 2018

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The Rough Sleeping Initiative was launched in March 2018 and was targeted at local authorities with the highest numbers of people sleeping rough, based on the 2017 rough sleeping snapshot.

The initiative seeks to support people sleeping rough off the streets and develop their wellbeing and stability, helping to reduce the number of people sleeping rough in both the short and longer term.

The evaluation report outlines the impact of the Rough Sleeping Initiative on the change in the numbers of people sleeping rough on a single night between 2017 and 2018, as recorded by the official annual rough sleeping snapshot statistics.

The analysis also specifically looked at whether areas changing their approach for measuring rough sleeping had any impact, as well as a range of other factors, including previous levels of homelessness and rough sleeping, local housing and labour market conditions and the weather.

The analysis was undertaken by analysts at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and has been independently peer reviewed by Bryson Purdon Social Research.

Published 12 September 2019