Identifying the Patterns of Emergency Shelter Stays of Single Individuals in Canadian Cities of Different Sizes

One-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Housing First With ACT in Five Canadian Cities

“…It remains to be seen whether Housing First participants will show greater improvements than treatment-as-usual participants on clinical and other outcomes during the second year of this trial. Our interim findings provide support for the redirection of programs and policies toward adopting Housing First to address chronic and episodic homelessness (7,35). In fact, as a result of these interim findings, the federal government in Canada has revised its federal homelessness initiative to emphasize the development of Housing First programs (36).…”

“…35, covariate adjusted difference=42%, 95% confidence interval [CI]=36%248%). Improvement in overall quality of life was significantly greater among Housing First participants compared with treatmentas-usual participants (p,.001, d=.31, CI=.…”

A quasi‐experimental evaluation of rent assistance for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness

“…Homelessness isa significant social problem in North America, with recent estimates of over 560,000 people in the United States (National Alliance to End Homelessness, ) and 35,000 people in Canada(Gaetz, Dej, Richter, & Redman, ) experiencing homelessness on a given night. Based on residential administrative data, previous research has found various subgroups of the homeless population (Aubry, Farrell, Hwang, & Calhoun, ; Brown, Chodzen, Mihelicova, & Collins, ; Kuhn & Culhane, ). Of particular interest are those experiencing chronic homelessness.…”

Homelessness & Health in Canada

“…In the context of high levels of homelessness throughout Canada, supported housing is now being applied increasingly as a response for people who are experiencing chronic homelessness, most of whom have a severe mental illness and substance use problem. Although they use a high proportion of shelter beds, the latter group makes up only a small minority of the homeless population (Kuhn and Culhane 1998;Aubry et al 2013). Given the success of supported housing at achieving housing stability, it makes sense that variants of it could be developed in response to homelessness of other groups in Canada such as youth, families, and individuals with less severe mental health problems.…”