Homelessness research

This document summarises the evaluation of the Inner City Drift Project: background, methodology, findings, limitations, lessons learned and recommendations. In 2010, the NSW Government funded Mission Australia to implement the Project to better understand whether early intervention and client-centred approaches in Greater Western Sydney can reduce the movement of homeless people into inner city Sydney. The Project has concluded and an independent evaluation has been completed by the University of Western Sydney.

This publication draws on the The Michael Project Research Study Final Report, produced by a research team led by Chief Investigator Professor Paul Flatau, Centre for Social Impact, University of Western Australia and staff at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and Mission Australia.

This report summarises the key findings from the MAC-K Family Homelessness Research Project. It details risk and protective factors related to family homelessness and reveals important implications for service design and practice. The report also highlights the benefits of co-locating low threshold services for disadvantaged families with a specialist homelessness response.