Deploy Housing First Systemwide
Last updated on August 15, 2018
A Housing First system orientation recognizes that people experiencing homelessness—like all people—need the safety and stability of a home in order to best address challenges and pursue opportunities.
The Housing First approach connects people back to a home as quickly as possible, while making readily available the services that people may need to be stable and secure.
Core Components
- Street outreach providers, emergency shelters, and other parts of the crisis response system are working closely with housing providers to connect people to permanent housing as quickly as possible.
- The community has a data-driven coordinated assessment system for matching people experiencing homelessness to the most appropriate housing and services based on their needs.
- The community has a unified and streamlined process for applying for rapid re-housing, supportive housing, and/or other housing interventions.
- Community leaders work collaboratively to ensure that a range of affordable and supportive housing options and models are available to meet local needs.
- Policies and regulations related to supportive housing, social and health services, benefit and entitlement programs, and other essential services do not create needless barriers to housing.
- Communities work to ensure that people are not evicted back into homelessness whenever possible.
