04-10-2022, 01:40 PM
The current consensus is that you provide housing to people first -- and then you help solve their problems. Because requiring people to solve their problems in order to get accepted into housing has been shown time and time again not to work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First
From the Wikipedia article (references are there if anyone is interested):
"(...) Housing First approach resulted in a 66 percent decline in days hospitalized (from one year prior to intake compared to one year in the program), a 38 percent decline in times in emergency room, a 41 percent decline in EMS events, a 79 percent decline in days in jail and a 30 percent decline in police interactions."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First
From the Wikipedia article (references are there if anyone is interested):
"(...) Housing First approach resulted in a 66 percent decline in days hospitalized (from one year prior to intake compared to one year in the program), a 38 percent decline in times in emergency room, a 41 percent decline in EMS events, a 79 percent decline in days in jail and a 30 percent decline in police interactions."