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Research report: The homelessness monitor: Wales 2012
The Homelessness Monitor: Wales 2012 is the first year report of a major four-year independent study into the impact of policy and economic downturn on homelessness in Wales.
Research report: HOME TRUTHS: How to change attitudes to housing benefit
The research carried out by the Fabian Society examines public attitudes towards housing benefit: an area of social security where the politics are perhaps most challenging.
Policy briefing: Crisis policy briefing: Housing benefit cuts
Crisis policy briefing on the cuts to Housing Benefit
Policy briefing: Universal Credit: Frequently Asked Questions
Universal Credit (UC) is the Government's new working age welfare system, rolling several benefits and tax credits into one single household payment. This document is intended to answer some of the more frequently asked questions about UC.
Policy briefing: Crisis Briefing: Second Reading of the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill
Crisis briefing for MPs on the Welfare Uprating Bill to cap the uprating of all working age benefits, including Local Housing Allowance, at just 1% for the next 3 years.
Research report: Hitting home: access schemes and the changes to the Local Housing Allowance
New research shows access schemes' ability to help homeless and vulnerably housed people find and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector is being seriously undermined by far-reaching reforms and cuts to Local Housing Allowance (LHA).
Research report: The homelessness monitor: Scotland 2012
The Homelessness Monitor: Scotland 2012 is the first report of a four-year longitudinal study that provides a 'baseline' account of how homelessness stands in Scotland in 2012. The study monitors the impact of the economic downturn and policy developments on homelessness in Scotland.
Research report: The homelessness monitor: England 2012
This is the second year of the the homelessness monitor: England, a five year study that will provide an independent analysis of the impact on homelessness of recent economic and policy developments.
Response to government: Crisis' response to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into the Work Programme: the experience of different user groups
Research report: The homelessness monitor: Great Britain 2012
This summary draws upon individual Homelessness Monitors that have been prepared for England, Scotland and Wales and will be published over Winter 2012/13. The first Northern Ireland Monitor will be available in Summer 2013.