Housing First: the challenges of moving from pilot to policy – audio

With a growing body of evidence backing the highly supportive Housing First approach, including the recent evaluation of the Aspire SIB, why has it not been funded and adopted more extensively?

Summary
  • Housing First is an approach to housing and supporting people experiencing chronic homelessness. Programs applying this approach typically include intensive case management and specialised supports alongside permanent housing.
  • Evaluations of programs in Australia as well as internationally have consistently demonstrated the success of the model for people experiencing chronic homelessness as well as for governments through the resulting cost savings.
  • Barriers to embedding this approach in the policy and service delivery landscape include the disconnect between the funding of program costs and the resulting savings across government agencies; the complexity of reforming the homelessness service system; and the shortage of social and affordable housing.
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