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From the Amazon description: “This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began in New York City in 1992 and rapidly spread to other cities nationally and internationally. The authors report on the rise of a ‘homeless industry’ of shelters and transitional housing programs that the HF approach directly challenged by rejecting the usual demands of treatment, sobriety and housing readiness. Based upon principles of consumer choice, harm reduction and immediate access to permanent independent housing in the community, HF was initially greeted with skepticism and resistance from the ‘industry’. However, rigorous experiments testing HF against ‘usual care’ produced consistent findings that the approach produced greater housing stability, lower use of drugs, and alcohol and cost savings. This evidence base, in conjunction with media accounts of HF’s success, led to widespread adoption in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and Australia….”

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Conclusion. This systematic review suggests that Housing First, on average, has little impact on criminal justice involvement. Community services such as Housing First are potentially an important setting to put in place strategies to reduce criminal justice involvement. However, forensic mental health approaches such as risk assessment and management strategies and interventions may need to be integrated into existing services to better address potential underlying individual criminogenic risk factors. Further outcome assessment studies would be necessary.

Leclair, M. C., Deveaux, F., Roy, L., Goulet, M.-H., Latimer, E. A., & Crocker, A. G. (2019). The Impact of Housing First on Criminal Justice Outcomes among Homeless People with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 64(8), 525–530. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743718815902

Conclusion HF approaches successfully improve housing stability and may improve some aspects of health. Implementation of HF would likely reduce homelessness and non-routine health service use without an increase in problematic substance use. Impacts on long-term health outcomes require further investigation.

Baxter AJ, Tweed EJ, Katikireddi SV, et al Effects of Housing First approaches on health and well-being of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials J Epidemiol Community Health 2019;73:379-387. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2018-210981

Interpretation: An immediate access to independent housing and support from an Assertive Community Treatment team resulted in decreased inpatient days and cost savings in people who are homeless with SCZ or BP disorders.

Tinland, Aurélie and Loubiere, Sandrine and Boucekine, Mohamed and Boyer, Laurent and Fond, Guillaume and Girard, Vincent and Auquier, Pascal and Group, French Housing First Study, Effectiveness of a Housing Support Team Intervention with a Recovery-Oriented Approach on Hospital and Emergency Department Use by Homeless People with Severe Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial (July 11, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3417890

Abstract. The current qualitative policy analysis will examine city economics and group control of policy and spacial development at the local levels through inspection of Los Angeles’s political evolution toward approving the Housing First (HF) Model. The paradigm shift in homeless policy toward the HF Model was not given proper dialogue before legislators passed funding measures for homeless housing. New York, Seattle and Los Angeles have assumed that simply housing the homeless will solve the crisis. Through better education of the HF Model, legislators can ensure the policies passed are successful and the homeless can be housed. The final recommendations for current and future policy endeavors will argue that the HF Model can be successful when stakeholders and legislators within each community are educated on the benefits of housing the homeless prior to treating needs, voters approve tax-funded permanent and temporary supportive housing, and actual implementation of those options are spread throughout the city.

Sutton, Morgan (2019) The Housing First Model: Policy Evolution in Los Angeles and Steps Toward Housing the Homeless http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/207657