The first phase of the Project consisted of structured consultations with Northern stakeholders. The consultation research methodology and related data collection were the responsibilities of Researcher Peter Jackson. Subsequently I was engaged to complete the project. This involved analysing the consultations data, undertaking a review of the literature and the statistical data available, authoring the Report, and finalising the Project. The National Homelessness Initiative's National Research Program funding carries the expectation that the Report, and the Report’s Highlights summary document, will be available publicly. Accordingly, researchers and others may freely use, quote from, circulate, and make copies of both documents. Stakeholder organisations may post these documents on their websites in order to allow free public downloads. These permissions are conditional upon not altering the documents from their original forms. Please cite the Author and origin when quoting from, or referring to, these two documents.