From the options investigated, key recommendations for homeless policy in Auckland can be ascertained. Firstly, governmental action is needed at the national level to ensure that services take a coordinated approach to homelessness. As argued by Richards, this would enable agencies to better work together to assist homeless people with their different needs. When national-level agencies have established clear lines of communication and information-sharing (which improves homeless case management), these communication lines can then be opened to local government and NGOs. Case management can then occur in both government and non-government agencies: they would share case information between them to assist homeless people with their needs. Local government is then charged with ensuring these lines of communication are used effectively. It is also responsible for ensuring bylaws do not adversely affect the homeless. While National Government lacks homeless policy initiatives, local government must advocate for national-level policy.
Local service provision should make adjustments to ensure services respect the dignity and foster the capabilities of the homeless. This would involve adopting aspects of service provision from the Long Beach model. Services should work to connect homeless people with the wider community, break down the stigma attached to homelessness, and foster the creation of interpersonal connections. Programmes to this effect should be available to rough sleepers, people in short-term accommodation, and to those moving into long-term accommodation. Activities should be available to all those at risk of homelessness or who have experienced it in the past. This involves creating spaces (like the Lifewise Hub) where people can access skills-building assistance and community activities. This involves creating culturally-specific programmes of reintegration. To address the prevalence of Māori homelessness in particular, local iwi should be consulted in the development of case management protocol to help homeless Māori reconnect with their whānau if they choose. The importance of leisure and socialising should not be downplayed. This can be fed into skills-building programmes that help the homeless gain the skills they need to live independently as engaged members of their local community.