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Evaluation of the Shelter Inclusion Project
Jones, A., Pleace, N. and Quilgars, D. (2006) 'Evaluating the Shelter Inclusion Project: a floating support service for households accused of antisocial behaviour', in J.Flint (ed.) Housing, Urban Governance and Anti-Social Behaviour, Bristol: Policy Press.
Jones, A., Pleace, N., Quilgars, D. and Sanderson,
D. (2006) Addressing Antisocial Behaviour:
An Independent Evaluation of the Shelter Inclusion
Project, London: Shelter.
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The overall aim of the Shelter Inclusion Project is to provide an innovative model of 'prevention-enforcement- resettlement' to address the issues of (alleged) anti-social behaviour and its impact on households, perpetrators and landlords
The Inclusion Project has three objectives:
- to prevent households from being excluded (or suspended) by landlords
- to resettle households that have been excluded or suspended by landlords
- to prevent exclusion and provide a route back into social housing
There is no one accepted definition of anti-social behaviour, the term is used to cover a wide range of behaviour, from the clearly criminal such as drug dealing and prostitution, to behaviour causing life style clashes such as young people "hanging around", unkempt properties and neglected gardens. There is broad agreement, however, that the consequences of anti-social behaviour are costly, both for individuals and the wider community. Anti-social behaviour is seen as a factor that contributes to the cycle of decline associated with the development of areas of low demand housing and it causes misery for those affected. Victims and perpetrators may choose, or be forced, to leave their homes, often abandoning properties and sometimes becoming homeless as a result .
The evaluation of Shelter"s pilot Inclusion Project in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough will provide important information on the role that floating housing related support services can undertake in counteracting anti-social behaviour that is associated with unmet support needs. The main objectives of the evaluation are to:
- assess the extent to which the pilot Inclusion Project is effective in helping households address anti-social behaviour;
- assess the extent to which the Inclusion Project enables tenancy sustainment and prevents potential homelessness;
- evaluate the roles of the Inclusion Project in preventing repeated homelessness among households that have become homeless due to anti-social behaviour
- determine the success of the supports that the Inclusion Project is able to offer its service users, partner agencies and those communities that are troubled by anti-social behaviour.
The researchers are Anwen Jones, Deborah Quilgars and Nicholas Pleace. The research is due to report in August 2005