Public Services

I’ve written a book chapter on the COVID-19 pandemic and homelessness planning in Canada. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview:https://nickfalvo.ca/covid-19-and-homelessness-planning-in-canada/

An evidence-led, long-called for, but under-used programme of checks for people with a learning disability has the potential to help ease health inequalities more widely, Saba Salman reports

Cash-strapped local authorities across Britain are teetering on the brink of financial collapse. Here are the ones most at risk

I’m the lead author of a recent report, commissioned by Vibrant Communities Calgary, looking at factors associated with social disorder on public transit (including social disorder involving people experiencing homelessness). Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of the report: https://nickfalvo.ca/report-finds-insufficient-daytime-options-for-people-experiencing-homelessness/

I’ve just released Chapter 9 of my open access textbook. This chapter focuses on youth homelessness. A ‘top 10’ overview of the chapter can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/youth-homelessness/

Accommodation for asylum seekers awaiting Home Office processing amounted to £6.4 billion of the overspend

A recent report was problematic for appearing to place responsibility with 'demanding parents’ who contribute to local authority financial problems, writes Sharon Smith

Councils are struggling to cope with a huge rise in demand while standards in reading, writing, and mathematics have either stagnated or fallen during the past decade

'There has been a lack of sustained progress by government in reducing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers', a new report by the National Audit Office has found

I recently led a research study comparing spending by large Canadian municipalities on homeless-related services and affordable housing. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of the study:https://nickfalvo.ca/comparating-municipal-spending-on-housing-and-homelessness-in-canadas-major-cities/