Dancing to a new beat: the next phase of public services’ response to COVID-19

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Blog summary:

As we move out of the lockdown, public services face a new and uncertain ‘new normal’. What are the lessons we can take into this new normal from the initial response to the virus? This article draws on a widely read blog on the ‘hammer and the dance’ published in March 2020.

Part 2: The impact of Coronavirus on people sleeping rough – is this an opportunity to end street homelessness?

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Coronavirus has affected all of us; but the impact on homeless people has been far more drastic.

When our towns and cities closed down, public spaces closed, and outdoor movements became restricted. This response helped slow the spread of the virus and save lives by reducing the opportunities for the virus to accelerate and put more people at risk.

Part 1: More than just a housing problem – the cost of failing people sleeping rough in Wales

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Working in homelessness I often heard the question ‘Why do people become homeless?’

From my experience, people ask this question with one or two motives. On the one hand its asked with a genuine interest in wanting to know (and understand) why some people end up homeless and others do not. On the other, its raised as a query with an almost judgemental tone that if you are homeless it’s your fault and you need to get your act together and get a grip.