Housing and Homelessness Archives

Homelessness and Covid-19: Testing and prevalence rates

9 June 2022

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic prompted widespread concern about the potential impact of the virus on people experiencing homelessness. Concerns centred on people who were literally roofless and those…

Homelessness and Covid-19 in Wales; the unexpected findings

8 December 2021

Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Pete Mackie are the leads for the housing and homelessness research carried out by ADR Wales. In this blog, Ian outlines the surprising findings of the…

Welsh research finds Covid-19 infection rates lower amongst people who had experienced homelessness than the general population

6 December 2021

The research, published in the International Journal of Population Data Science, was carried out by ADR Wales housing and homelessness lead academics Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie, who analysed linked data from…

How does homelessness affect Covid-19 risk?

7 June 2021

Dr Peter Mackie and Dr Ian Thomas, academic leads for ADR Wales’ Housing and Homelessness body of work, discuss their plans to explore Covid-19 infection rates amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales.…

Rehousing times in Scotland: What does the data tell us?

18 May 2021

ADR Wales researchers have collaborated with the Centre for Homelessness Impact to explore the time taken to rehouse people from homeless households in Scotland in a new Data Insight. In 2018, the Scottish Government…

ADR Wales looks at school absence for children living in homeless households

24 March 2021

ADR Wales has released its latest publication analysing the effect that living in a homeless household has on school attendance. ADR Wales Housing and Homelessness researchers, Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie, compared patterns…

The overlap of substance misuse and housing issues

23 March 2021

Dr Ian Thomas, a Research Associate from ADR Wales’ Housing and Homelessness programme of work, explores the overlap of substance misuse and housing issues in a new Data Insight. Homelessness is often more…

The power of case level data and data linkage in homelessness research

3 February 2021

In this blog, Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie from ADR Wales’ housing and homelessness research theme discuss two new Data Insights that explore how case level data and data linkage can improve understanding…

Patterns of school non-attendance over the educational lifecourse

10 December 2020

Dr Ian Thomas is a Research Associate at ADR Wales, specialising in inequalities and in particular homelessness. In his blog, Ian discusses a recent Data Insight about his research on absence from school…

Education outcomes of children living in homeless households

18 August 2020

Latest research undertaken by ADR Wales explores the education outcomes of children and young people living in homeless households. The research led by ADR Wales Housing and Homelessness Academics Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie linked statutory homelessness data…