This year’s Youth Homelessness Databank report presents analysis of data collected during the 2024-25 financial year and looks into the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) in its seventh year.
Our most recent Youth Homelessness Databank showed that in the final year 2024-2025, over a third of young people who presented to their local authority for support did not receive one.
The report outlines the key issues regarding local authority youth homelessness support, as identified in interviews and focus groups with youth homelessness sector staff and young people with lived experience of homelessness, and highlights how these issues are reflected in the proposed chapter.
This study investigates the obstacles young people encounter when trying to secure stable housing. By combining robust data analysis - drawing from publicly available data, and data obtained via Freedom of Information requests - with survey findings, this research explores the barriers young people face in securing stable housing.
This scoping report explores the homelessness and housing experiences of young women, using in-depth qualitative interviews with young women and key stakeholders, analysis of Centrepoint’s Youth Homelessness Databank for 2021/22, and a review of existing research data relating to women’s experiences of homelessness. In doing this the report reflects the challenges faced by this cohort in attempting to move on from homelessness and lead meaningful lives.
Our research looks at the key reasons why relationships breakdown and the kinds of pressures faced by families.
The provision of effective interventions for young people at risk of homelessness is essential if youth homelessness is to be reduced and prevented. This review brings together and examines evidence on a range of interventions which aim to prevent youth homelessness.
This research report explores the growing number of young people sleeping rough during the pandemic and evaluates the support that is available to them.
This report highlights the state of youth homelessness during and beyond the pandemic and is based on a survey of English councils, analysis of Centrepoint’s Helpline data, and interviews with local authority and Centrepoint staff.
Among the general youth population, rates of poor mental health issues are worryingly high. These rates are even higher for young people experiencing homelessness. This research report explored the full extent of the problem and investigated the prevalence of a range of mental health problems, including those that have not been formally diagnosed by mainstream health services.
