Main points
All State and voluntary agencies should place greater emphasis on provision of long-term housing solutions instead of emergency accommodation
The Government and health authorities should agree a definition of homelessness and set out what services people are entitled to receive
Voluntary organisations should be able to access greater funding for the provision of long-term housing
Redesignate emergency accommodation where people are not being appropriately re-housed
End rent restrictions against those who refuse local authority housing
Voluntary agencies should halt the development of further transitional accommodation until a full cost-benefit analysis is undertaken
Source: Settlement First: An assessment of housing policy and legislation in meeting the needs of people who are homeless
