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  • Housing First in the UK and Ireland

    This publication  produced by the CIH Policy and Practice teams across the UK provides information about how Housing First is working across the UK and Ireland, highlights some of...

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  • Housing First Literature: Different Orientations and Political-Practical Arguments

    This paper aims to map HF literature from 1990 to 2014 and it is based on 184 publications. The main criterion for including a publication in the database was that...

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  • Findings from A Fidelity Assessment of a Housing First Programme in a Small Canadian City

    This paper presents the findings of a second fidelity assessment of a Housing First programme in a small Canadian city. The evaluation included two components: a) a fidelity assessment...

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  • The Finnish Homelessness Strategy – An International Review

    This international review covers the whole of the Finnish programme to reduce long-term homelessness implemented during 2008–2011 and 2012–2015, Paavo I and Paavo II. The review looks into the programme...

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  • Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    This paper reviews morbidity and mortality data on four overlapping populations who experience considerable social exclusion: homeless populations, individuals with substance use disorders, sex workers, and imprisoned individuals. Read or...

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  • Chronically Homeless People in Poland: Target Group of the ‘Housing First – Evidence based Advocacy’ Project

    This paper by Julia Wygnańska introduces the methodology and results of three studies conducted under the ‘Housing First – Evidence based Advocacy’ project implemented between 2014 and 2016 in Poland...

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  • The Italian Network for Implementing the ‘Housing First’ Approach

    This paper by Teresa Consoli, Caterina Cortese, Paolo Molinari and Anna Zenarolla discusses the changes and initial results of the first year of experimentation of the Housing First approach in Italy....

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  • Introducing the Housing First Model in Spain: First Results of the Habitat Programme

    In this paper Roberto Bernad, Rebeca Yuncal and Sonia Panadero discuss The Habitat Programme, the first systematic implementation of the Housing First (HF) model in Spain. The paper presents its first steps and...

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  • Moving Evidence Into Policy: The Story of the At Home/Chez Soi Initiative’s Impact on Federal Homelessness Policy in Canada and its Implications for the Spread of Housing First in Europe and Internationally

    This paper by Eric Macnaughton, Geoffrey Nelson, Paula Goering,and Myra Piat presents a study that aimed to understand the sustainability of the At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) project with respect to its...

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  • Improving Health and Social Integration through Housing First – A Review

    This review by Nicholas Pleace and Deborah Quilgars examines the available evidence on the extent to which Housing First services are effective in promoting health and social and economic...

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