Recommendation 26

Several written submissions to our inquiry suggested principles or priorities for a homelessness strategy. Crisis, for example, emphasised the need for evidence-based interventions that both support people to move on from homelessness for good and prevent it from happening in the first place.35 Dr David Christie suggested that a substantial input of funds should be directed toward increasing the capacity and skill-base of the voluntary sector.36 And Salford City Council called for a genuinely cross-government approach, in which bodies such as the Home Office and DWP combine to help remedy the pressures on local authorities.37