Promoting ‘communities of practice’ can help to better support people experiencing multiple-exclusion homelessness

How can local services be organised best to support people who have complex, overlapping needs? What are the implications for practice and governance when these needs crossover existing organisational boundaries? Michael Clark and Michelle Cornes examine these issues from the perspective of supporting people experiencing homelessness combined with other complex needs. They argue that the idea of ‘communities of practice’ can help humanise the system.