Housing First
Policy shift or program drift? Implementing Housing First in Australia
INTRODUCTION
Providing secure, sustainable housing options for people experiencing chronic homelessness has posed an enduring challenge for policy-makers and practitioners alike. While Australian homelessness responses are largely crisis based, there are long standing debates about the best means of ending long-term homelessness altogether.
2012
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Ending Homelessness - A Housing-Led Approach
The Programme for Government 2011, contains a commitment to ending long term homelessness and the need to sleep rough by implementing a ‘housing first’ approach and to strengthen preventative services.
2012
Housing First 'Down Under': Revolution, Realignment or Rhetoric?
The emergence of Housing First as an approach to ending chronic homelessness has gained widespread attention around the world.
2012
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Ending Homelessness among Older Adults and Elders through Permanent Supportive Housing
Ending Homelessness among Older Adults and Elders through Permanent Supportive Housing Policy Paper Prepared for The National Convening on Ending Elder Homelessness
2011
Social Housing Allocation and Homelessness
This research provides an interesting insight into the different housing allocation mechanisms employed by social housing providers across the European Union.
2011
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Housing First Europe : Final Report
The Housing First Europe (HFE) project was a social experimentation project, funded by the European Commission, DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, under the PROGRESS programme from August 2011 to July 2013.
2011
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The Finnish Homelessness Strategy: From a 'Staircase' Model to a "Housing First' Approach to Tackling Long-term Homelessness
This paper reviews the Finnish government’s recently established
Programme to Reduce Long-Term Homelessness, which is attempting to halve long-term homelessness over the period 2008 to 2011.
It outlines the current homeless situation in Finland and describes the development of the present system of provision.
2009
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."