The core analytical goals of the study were as follows:
1. To trace the flow of events and experiences that impact young people’s housing and homelessness trajectories over time.
2. To identify the factors and circumstances that protect young people from entering into prolonged or ongoing homeless ‘states’ and those that facilitate the transition to stable housing.
3. To identify factors that act as barriers to stable, sustainable housing in the case of young people who experience continued or repeat homelessness.
4. To ‘track’ young people’s family relationships over time and examine the impact of continuity and change in these relationships on their lives.
The key findings presented in this publication are concerned primarily with uncovering the drivers of young people’s ‘journeys’ through homelessness, with specific attention directed to their experiences of accessing housing.
