In two other cases, homeless households were debarred from offers of rehousing in high demand areas; in one of these cases homeless applicants were additionally restricted to flatted accommodation.
In view of these findings, the authors recommend accurate assessment before rehousing, time for the agency to get to know the homeless person and extra support in the early days.
The population of interest was homeless people aged 50 or more years who were rehoused into independent or supported housing.
Programmes to rehouse homeless people in independent-living accommodation do not generally include those whose behaviour is chaotic, who therefore remain in hostels.
Some clients are rehoused from hostels directly into independent housing, while others first attend life-skills training or stay in transitional accommodation.
Only the broadest findings about the factors that influence the outcomes of rehousing are likely to apply in other countries.
Three independent variables had significant associations - anticipatory worries about being rehoused (negative), problems with co-tenants or neighbours (negative), and being engaged in activities (positive).
Placing greater restrictions on the number of allowable offers, especially for those desperate for rehousing, could be seen as a key means of achieving this.
