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Historical Context of Racist Planning: A history of how planning segregated Portland is a review of racist planning practices in Portland. This systemic discrimination, which was also practiced nationwide and goes back to the origins of our country,…

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…

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…

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

The Current State of Youth Homelessness Approaches report outlines interventions, practices, and broader strategies to prevent, reduce, and end youth homelessness. The final product details ORS Impact’s approach to the project, select insights and…

Interactive map showing PIT counts by county.

The "about us" page for the Oregon Housing and Community Services.

Report of Project Turnkey including what the project addresses, project results, project snapshots, opportunities for improvement. (Description taken from key Abstract information)

Executive summary explaining results of Alameda county's homeless system racial equity process.

Results of a extended "homeless system racial equity process." The final report includes a deeper dive into the data analysis, systems modeling, and qualitative information supporting the recommendations on the approach and resources needed to infuse…

This policy report examines why Black residents of PSH in LA returned to homelessness more often than white residents of PSH. The authors address obstacles in (1) enrollment in PSH and the search for housing, (2) encountered while housed, and (3)…

Homelessness in the United States has been increasing at an exponential rate over the past three decades, and the US has not experienced the current level of homelessness since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. With this rise in homelessness has…

Project Roomkey (PRK) was an innovative statewide effort established by the State of California in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseen by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), PRK provided people experiencing…

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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…

The report investigates the unique characteristics of high-spending emergency rental assistance (ERA) programs administered by Native American Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs).

Long, detailed publication exporing racial disparities in crime and crime victimization, racial disparities produced by policing, and some ways these disparities could be reduced.

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

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