?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F331%2F&rft.title=Homeless+population&rft.creator=Byatt-Smith%2C+J.&rft.creator=Glasgow%2C+C.&rft.creator=Grinfield%2C+M.&rft.creator=Harris%2C+S.&rft.creator=Lacey%2C+A.A.&rft.creator=Smith%2C+S.L.&rft.creator=Lowe%2C+T.&rft.creator=Nikolopoulos%2C+C.&rft.creator=Norgate%2C+R.&rft.creator=Parker%2C+D.&rft.creator=Parrott%2C+K.&rft.creator=Please%2C+C.P.&rft.creator=Smith%2C+W.&rft.creator=Thomis%2C+A.&rft.creator=Wattis%2C+J.&rft.subject=Social&rft.description=The+aim+was+to+derive+and+analyze+a+model+for+numbers+of+homeless+and+non-homeless+people+in+a+borough%2C+in+particular+to+see+how+these+figures+might+be+affected+by+different+policies+regarding+housing+various+categories+of+people.+Most+attention+was+focused+on+steady+populations+although+the+stability+of+these+and+possible+timescales+of+dynamic+problems+were+also+discussed.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+main+outcome+of+this+brief+study+is+the+identification+of+the+key+role+played+by+the+constant+k_1+-+the+constant+which+fixes+the+speed+at+which+the+homeless+are+rehoused+in+permanent+council+property.+Reducing+this+constant%2C+i.e.+making+the+system+%22fairer%22+with+less+priority+to+accommodating+homeless+families%2C+appears+to+have+little+effect+on+the+sizes+of+other+categories+on+the+waiting+list+but+there+is+a+marked+increase+in+the+number+of+households+in+temporary+accommodation.%0D%0AThe+model%2C+indicated+by+the+size+of+its+longest+time-scale%2C+should+be+modified+to+allow+for+births+etc.%0D%0AIt+could+be+varied+by+allowing+people+to+remove+themselves+from+the+register+or+by+allowing+the+rates+at+which+registered+and+unregistered+people+become+homeless+to+differ%2C+but+these+modifications+are+unlikely+to+substantially+change+the+main+result.%0D%0AThe+inclusion+of+movement+from+the+homeless+to+the+general+population+would+have+the+effect+of+limiting+the+numbers+in+temporary+accommodation.+However%2C+it+is+thought+this+effect+is+very+small+so+a+great+reduction+in+k_1+would+be+needed+for+this+flow+to+become+significant.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F331%2F1%2FShelter-homeless-populations.pdf&rft.identifier=++Byatt-Smith%2C+J.+and+Glasgow%2C+C.+and+Grinfield%2C+M.+and+Harris%2C+S.+and+Lacey%2C+A.A.+and+Smith%2C+S.L.+and+Lowe%2C+T.+and+Nikolopoulos%2C+C.+and+Norgate%2C+R.+and+Parker%2C+D.+and+Parrott%2C+K.+and+Please%2C+C.P.+and+Smith%2C+W.+and+Thomis%2C+A.+and+Wattis%2C+J.++(1996)+Homeless+population.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++