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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Housing First"”.
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The Massachusetts HomeBASE Program : lessons learned from a statewide housing-first policy for homeless families
… on August 1st, 2011. The program adopted a housing-first approach to serving families at imminent risk of homelessness that offered financial assistance for families to secure their own housing unit rather than entering an emergency shelter. This thesis looks at the implications of the …
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Hacia una solución definitiva al sinhogarismo en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Propuesta de implementación del programa Housing First
… proponer una forma de implementar el esquema Housing First en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, en especial en lo referente al acceso a la vivienda estable, entendiendo que cada ciudad tiene sus propias características que la hacen única, por lo que la réplica de un modelo ya en uso puede no llegar a …
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O modelo moradia primeiro (housing first) e a superação da situação de rua : resultados da implementação nos Estados Unidos e Canadá
… rede de apoio social. Neste contexto, o modelo "Housing First" se destaca como uma abordagem inovadora, defendendo que a oferta de moradia estável deve ser a primeira etapa no acesso a demais direitos. Esta dissertação analisa a eficácia do modelo "Housing First" nos contextos canadense e …
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HUD-VASH Efficiency and Effectiveness: Homelessness and Veterans' Housing Policy
… veterans in the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program (HUD-VASH) declined between 2009 and 2024. It compares funding for the expansion of the veteran homelessness program and the use of that funding for housing vouchers before and after implementation of Housing First in the Ending …
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Negotiating the Boundaries of Mental Health and Illness: A Study of Recovery in Permanent Supportive Housing
… (SPMI) and substance use disorder who are living Housing First programming. Housing First is a model of permanent housing with supportive services that has been demonstrated to produce positive outcomes for "hard-to-serve" dually diagnosed consumers. I employed a combined case study and grounded …
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Navigating Harm Reduction
… practices within the Navigation Center, a rapid Housing First transitional shelter in San Francisco, CA. Harm reduction is widely utilized within the Housing First model. Harm reduction uses multiple practical interventions as an approach to reduce the negative consequences linked to substance …
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Reciprocity: Seattle's Housed Community Hosts a Network of Villages for Seattle's Unhoused Families
… results. Salt Lake City, through employing a Housing First program, has reduced chronic homelessness by 98%. Needy people are placed immediately into housing with the Housing First program, instead of having to resolve issues and qualify for housing, as in more traditional homeless housing …
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Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act : a policy analysis
… solution for Michigan to adopt. A "Housing First" approach, which provides barrier-free, stable housing, was determined to be the best practice to reduce the impact of homelessness on health disparities. A rights-based approach can improve access to public services and foster a more …
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Understandings of homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand and how they impact a local response: A case study of The People's Project in Hamilton
… in significance as a social issue. In 2009, the first New Zealand definition of homelessness was published by Statistics New Zealand. In 2013, a rigorous definition of severe housing deprivation was conceptualised by New Zealand academics. However, New Zealand governments ignored these …
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Addressing Homelessness and Housing Crisis in Windsor-Essex County
… human rights, including the right to affordable housing. By ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1976 and assenting to the National Housing Strategy Act in 2019, Canada affirmed its commitment to the progressive realization of the right to …
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The housing division of the public works administration in its architectural context
The architectural articulation of American public housing, first introduced in 1933 as an element of the New Deal program, is analyzed with regard to the position occupied by housing within the contemporary political framework and to the administrative measures established to realize the housing …
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Mapping Ruling Relations Through Homelessness Organizing
… assistance benefit for people in emergency housing need, and a campaign to increase the number and improve the conditions of emergency shelter beds. My research demonstrates the active and ongoing research and theorization that anti-poverty activists engage in as well as the practices of …
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Evaluating Los Angeles Homelessness Policy Using System Dynamics Modeling
… study primarily focuses on the evaluation of the Housing First approach and the identification of more effective responses to homelessness. I use a linear regression model to identify key prevention policy levers, including, but not limited to, limits on eviction moratorium, rent stabilization, …
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Neighborhood Effects and Mobility Patterns Among Residents of Chicago's Residential Homeless System
… in shelters, Interim, and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) programs in Chicago's homeless system move to market-rate housing or intend to leave their communities in the near future. The study uses survey data collected in 2009-2011 by Loyola University Chicago's Center for Urban Research and …
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Housing dilemma? An exploratory study on the illegal disposal of free government houses by the poor in various areas within the City of Cape Town.
South Africa has a long-standing housing crisis and a growing backlog, following colonialism and apartheid. South Africa has made significant strides to ensure residents have a right to access adequate housing. First, the state has ensured that housing legislation and policies were developed to …
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What is the role of professional helping relationships in altering the trajectories of young people facing severe and multiple disadvantage?
… sets were used to address these questions. The first four questions were explored through qualitative research involving 30 young people and 35 workers employed by not-for-profit organisations (five in the U.S. and 11 in the U.K.) selected on the basis of their ability to relate to young people …
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Life skills program for women in transitional living
… previous successful initiatives, such as the Housing First Program (HFP) and the Supporting Many for Residential Transition (SMART) program. The proposed occupational therapy (OT)-led life skills program is set to be implemented at a transitional living facility under the auspices of the …
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Empirical Analyses on Public Safety
… homelessness policy shifted from transitional housing to subsidized leases (``Housing First''). While micro-evidence shows rapid placements reduce returns to homelessness and crime for single adults, system-level evidence on HF's aggregate effects remains limited and contested. In the third …