
The provision of accommodation for drug users is a complex issue. Drug use can be a triggering factor leading to homelessness, with many drug users refused entry to, or evicted from, accommodation.
Safe as houses identifies the housing needs of drug users, offering both insight and good practice recommendations for this vulnerable group.
Published: February 2006
ISBN: 978-1-903595-56-5
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| Time to change: short-sentence prisoners |
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| Common monitoring |
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| Off the streets |
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| More priority needed |
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| Homelessness: early identification & prevention |
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| Mentoring and befriending for young homeless people |
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| Mediation for young homeless people |
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| Youth housing strategies |
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| Reaching out |
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| Peer education |
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| Working with housed Gypsies and Travellers |
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| Supporting 16 and 17 year olds making homelessness applications |
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| Safe and well? |
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| Waiting for the future |
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| Housing game |
‘Good value for money, well set out.’
Lisa Brooke, Service Manager, Stonham Housing Association, Halifax.
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