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There is a large and growing research and evidence-base regarding Housing First practice, programs and systems change. You can find some of these reports, program evaluations, and guidelines on this page.

International Evidence-Base

Homeless Link 2015 Housing First or Housing Led.pdf
‘Housing First’ or ‘Housing Led’? The current picture of Housing First in England
Homeless Link 2015

HF Europe Hub – Systems perspective to ending homelessness through HF.pdf
Achieving a new systems perspective to ending homelessness through housing first: A policy and practice guide
Housing First Europe Hub 2022

Kaakinen 2022 Housing First systems change report.pdf
A new systems perspective to ending homelessness
Demos Helsinki / Housing First Europe Hub 2022

IJOH 2022 What Housing First Makes Worse.pdf
Editorial: What Housing First makes worse
Oudshoorn 2022

Macnaughton 2015 Implementing housing first across sites and over time.pdf
Implementing Housing First Across Sites and Over Time: Later Fidelity and Implementation Evaluation of a Pan-Canadian Multi-site Housing First Program for Homeless People with Mental Illness
Macnaughton, Stefancic, Nelson, Caplan, Townley, Aubry, McCullough, Patterson, Stergiopoulos, Vallee, Tsemberis, Fleury, Piat, Goering 2015

Stefancic 2013 Pathways Housing First Fidelity Scale.pdf
Pathways Housing First Fidelity Scale for individuals with psychiatric disabilities
Stefancic, Tsemberis, Messeri, Drake, Doering 2012

Stergiopoulous 2014 Housing first, exploring early support needs.pdf
Housing First: exploring participants’ early support needs
Stergiopoulos, Gozdzik, O’Campo, Holtby, Jeyaratnam, Tsemberis 2014

Tsemberis 2004 Housing first, consumer choice, harm reduction.pdf
Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless Individuals With a Dual Diagnosis
Tsemberis, Gulcur & Nakae 2004

Tsemberis 2010 The Pathways model manual.pdf
Housing First: The Pathways Model to End Homelessness for People with Mental Illness and Addiction Manual
Tsemberis 2011

Tsemberis 2012 Housing First basic tenets of the definition across cultures.pdf
Housing First: Basic Tenets of the Definition Across Cultures
Tsemberis 2012

Verdouw Habibis 2018 HF in congregate site facilities.pdf
Housing First programs in congregate-site facilities: can one size fit all?
Verdouw & Habibis 2017

HF Europe Hub 2023 Unlocking housing for HF.pdf
Unlocking housing for Housing First
Housing First Europe Hub 2023

HF Europe Hub – Guide for landlords & housing proviers.pdf
An introduction to Housing First: Landlords & housing providers
Housing First Europe Hub 2022

Australian Evidence-Base

Roggenbuck 2022 Housing First evidence review.pdf
Housing First: An evidence review of implementation, effectiveness and outcomes
Roggenbuck 2022

Noongar Mia Mia HF Principles
Noongar cultural framework and Noongar Housing First principles
Noongar Mia Mia 2021

Policy shift or program drift? Implementing Housing First in Australia
Policy shift or program drift? Implementing Housing First in Australia
Johnson, Parkinson, Parsell 2012

RUAH 2021 Aboriginal HF Snapshot Report.pdf
An evaluation snapshot: Aboriginal experiences of Housing First
Vallesi & Wood 2021

FINAL-Mercy-Housing-First-report-v1.2.pdf (dunstan.org.au)
Adelaide Zero Project – Understanding barriers and opportunities for Housing First in Adelaide: data learnings, reflections and tools
Tually, McKinley, Rowley, McDougall 2021

2013 Mission Australia MISHA project
Mission Australia: The MISHA Project
Conroy, Bower, Flatau, Zaretzky, Eardley, Burns 2014

AHURI Common Ground Practice Manual
Common Ground Housing Model: Practice Manual
Alves, Brackertz, Roggenbuck, Hayes, McGauran, Sundermann, Kyneton 2021

NSW program evaluations

2022 STEP evaluation
STEP to Home program evaluation
Centre for Social Impact 2022

2022 STSH evaluation
The Tenancy Management Pilot and Sustaining Tenancies in Social Housing evaluation
ARTD Consultants 2023

2016 Common Ground Sydney evaluation
In-depth evaluation of Camperdown Common Ground: Permanent housing for vulnerable long-term homeless people
SPRC 2015

AHURI Together Home Interim Implementation Report
Together Home Program: Interim Implementation Report
AHURI 2023

AHURI Together Home Systems Impacts Paper
Together Home Program Evaluation: System Impacts Paper
AHURI 2024

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