Housing & Homelessness

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Housing First is increasingly implemented for homeless adults with mental illness in large urban centres, but little is known about its long-term effectiveness. The At Home/Chez Soi randomised controlled trial done in...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH This fact sheet provides a review of the living and housing conditions of Indigenous households in Canada. The fact sheet begins by presenting demographic data, housing statistics and the rates of homelessness,...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Homelessness is associated with poor health. A policy approach aiming to end homelessness across Europe and North America, the ‘Housing First’ (HF) model, provides rapid housing, not conditional on abstinence from substance...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Ready to Rent BC, the non-profit organization behind the rapidly growing RentSmart education model for successful tenancies and housing stability – is launching an online toolkit to inspire communities to begin the...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Featuring a Furniture Bank Network (FBN) Member: IMPACT Junk Solutions & Furniture Bank Social determinants of health such as housing and income have a large impact on mental health. Community-based initiatives have...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Permanent supportive housing provides safe, stable housing for people with mental and substance use disorders who are homeless or disabled. This article describes permanent supportive housing and reviews research. Key elements of...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH One of the best and only longitudinal studies that illustrates the impact of good furnishing support services through a furniture bank. There are now 3.8 million households in the UK living in...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH The book also presents eight case studies of Housing First in Canada, exploring not just the results of its implementation, but how different communities made the shift from ‘treatment as usual’ to...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Ensuring homeless persons have adequate furniture is essential if they are to maintain their new tenancies and avoid repeat homelessness. This has been widely recognised in the past but there is a...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. Thirty systematic reviews were identified. This paper summarizes the results the effects of interventions...