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The Evidence is Clear: Housing First Works

Fact sheet, provides easily digestible evidence of the benefits of housing first over treatment first or abstinence programs, across a variety of indicators.

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Housing First: Q&A

NLIHC factsheet about housing first, includes a brief definition and answers to common questions.

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The Ambiguities, Limits and Risks of Housing First from a European Perspective

There is strong evidence that the Pathways Housing First model can move homeless people with sustained experiences of living rough, with problematic drug and alcohol use, and with severe mental illness straight into ordinary housing, and successfully…

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Pathways Housing First Institute

Website for the Pathways to Housing non-profit, who originally developed the Housing First model.

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Housing First and Single-Site Housing

In 2002, the United States embraced the Housing First approach, which led to the widespread adoption of this approach in cities across the nation. This resulted in programmatic variations of Housing First and calls for clarity about the Housing First…

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Strategies to Balance Fidelity to Housing First Principles with Local Realities: Lessons from a Large Urban Centre

The importance of program implementation in achieving desired outcomes is well- documented, but there remains a need for concrete guidance on how to achieve fidelity to evidence- based models within dynamic local contexts. Housing First (HF), an…

Tags: at home/chez soi-- Canada-- housing first-- implementation-- model fidelity-- program evaluation-- scholarly

Canadian Housing First Toolkit

This toolkit is based on the experience of the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi project that used the Pathways to Housing model of Housing First for homeless people with mental illness. While the toolkit has a mental health focus because it is based on the…

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Housing First: The Pathways Model to End Homelessness for People With Mental Illness and Addiction

This manual explains phf practices in detail, including staffing patterns, finances, and operations. By laying bare the program, we hope that administrators, advocates, policy makers, educators, and others may find it useful for implementing (or…

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Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis

Objectives. We examined the longitudinal effects of a Housing First program for homeless, mentally ill individuals’ on those individuals’ consumer choice, housing stability, substance use, treatment utilization, and psychiatric symptoms. Methods. Two…

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Pathways to Housing: Supported Housing for Street-Dwelling Homeless Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

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This study examined the effectiveness of the Pathways to Housing supported housing program over a five-year period. Unlike most housing programs that offer services in a linear, step-by-step continuum, the Pathways program in New York City provides…

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Alternatives to Arrests and Police Responses to Homelessness: Evidence Based Models and Promising Practices

In response to unsheltered homelessness, communities often turn to punitive responses: issuing ordinances that criminalize homelessness, clearing homeless encampments, and arresting people. This results in people becoming trapped in a cycle of…

Tags: criminal justice system-- criminalization of homelessness-- housing first

Housing First, But What Comes Second? A Qualitative Study Of Resident, Staff And Management Perspectives On Single-Site Housing First Program Enhancement

Single-site Housing First (HF) is associated with reduced publicly funded service utilization and costs and alcohol-related harm for chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems. Many residents,however, continue to experience…

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Browse Items (42 total)

The Evidence is Clear: Housing First Works

Housing First: Q&A

The Ambiguities, Limits and Risks of Housing First from a European Perspective

Pathways Housing First Institute

Housing First and Single-Site Housing

Strategies to Balance Fidelity to Housing First Principles with Local Realities: Lessons from a Large Urban Centre

Canadian Housing First Toolkit

Housing First: The Pathways Model to End Homelessness for People With Mental Illness and Addiction

Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis

Pathways to Housing: Supported Housing for Street-Dwelling Homeless Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

Alternatives to Arrests and Police Responses to Homelessness: Evidence Based Models and Promising Practices

Housing First, But What Comes Second? A Qualitative Study Of Resident, Staff And Management Perspectives On Single-Site Housing First Program Enhancement

Can Housing First Work for Youth?

THIS is Housing First for Youth: Program Model Guide

THIS is Housing First for Youth: Operations Manual

Screening for Housing First

Fidelity to the Housing First Model and Variation in Health Service Use Within Permanent Supportive Housing

Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing

Housing First Checklist: Assessing Projects and Systems for a Housing First Orientation

Permanent Supportive Housing With Housing First: Findings From a Community Guide Systematic Economic Review