Providing personalised support to rough sleepers: An evaluation of the City of London pilot

Abstract

This report evaluates a pilot project offering personalised budgets to rough sleepers in the City of London. The personalised budgets pilot aimed to test a new way of working with long-term rough sleepers who were very resistant to moving off the streets in the City of London. It formed part of the national and local government strategy to end rough sleeping. This report presents fi ndings from a research-based evaluation of the pilot project. It examines the impact of the project and explores the reasons for its success. Of the 15 people targeted, seven moved into accommodation and have remained accommodated. Two of these temporarily left their accommodation but subsequently returned. Four people had negative outcomes from their accommodation: two abandoned, one left when his short-term accommodation arrangement ended and declined other longer-term options; and one went to prison.