SUMMARY OF RESEARCH
The Canadian study, published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, recruited over 575 homeless people between 2009 and 2011, and tracked their progress for six years, on average. All genders were included, but almost 70 per cent of the participants were male. The study is the largest and longest study of its kind, and found that six years later, those with high support needs for mental health had 42 per cent greater housing stability on this program compared to the usual services available for housing support.
This means that researchers saw a drop off in people who returned to the streets while they were part of the program.
Wroblewski received his own [FURNISHED] one bedroom apartment on a tree lined street in Toronto's west end. It's near public transit and grocery stores. He pays $475 -- or two thirds of the rent -- from his meagre pension. The housing program pays the other third. Now, Wroblewski has called it home for the past eight years, being grateful for it every day.
