Subject: Homelessness

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This report by Nicholas Pleace explores Housing First in relation to the evidence base on services designed to end homelessness among single people (i.e. lone adults) with support needs....

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This paper aims to describe and understand changes in social networks of residents living in a HF program. In this study researchers employed a longitudinal, convergent parallel mixed method...

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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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This Commission Staff Working Document (CSWD) , which is part of a wider Social Investment Package, argues for more urgent concerted action to take preventative measures that can reduce...

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“A Home of Your Own” is a new book on Finnish Housing First principle. It can be downloaded here and it is free of charge.  

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Focus Ireland has launched a hard-hitting short film to highlight the terrible crisis of young people becoming homeless when leaving state care at 18. You can watch the video...

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“Social housing is as much about ‘social’ as it is about housing and real estates”, says Juha Kaakinen, the CEO of the Y-Foundation.

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This paper presents the results of a research examining the overall and cause-specific mortality among homeless men in Helsinki and the associations of social background and health service use...

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This report aims to address several topics. First, it discusses the opportunities related to the expansion of research at the OBM. This should help to situate the document in terms...

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Description of Critical Time Intervention (CTI) model. link to article