Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives

Little More Than Two Decades Ago, The 'housing First' (hf) Approach Pioneered By Pathways To Housing, Incorporated Was A Small But Determined Challenge To The Burgeoning Yet Ineffective Service System For Homeless Persons. Today, The Success Of Hf Has Brought About Paradigm-shifting Systems Change Not Only In The Homeless 'industry' But In Related Service Systems. This Book Employs Conceptual Frameworks Drawn From Theories Of Institutional Change And Innovation To Explore The Rise In Homelessness In The Us, The 'lineages' Of Responses To The Problem, And The Subsequent Rise Of Hf. Paradigm Shifts And Systems Change: Understanding Housing First And Its Impact -- Homelessness In America: Truths And Consequences -- Three Lineages Of Homeless Services -- Housing First Gets Its Evidence Base And Momentum Builds -- Housing First From The Inside: Qualitative Research With Clients -- In Their Own Words: Consumers Share Their Stories -- Growth Of Housing First In The United States: Challenges Of Expansion And Fidelity -- Housing First Internationally: Canada, Europe, And Australia -- New Beginnings: Transforming Systems As Well As Lives -- Coda: The Changing Landscape: A Few Updates. Deborah K. Padgett, Benjamin F. Henwood, And Sam J. Tsemberis. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 199-213) And Index.