“…Rather than focusing on this downward descent, or the well-documented trauma and violence that homeless persons inevitably experience (Hopper, Bassuk, & Olivet, 2009;Padgett, Hawkins, Abrams, & Davis, 2006), more recent attention has been given to the processes or events that lead to an "upward spiral" out of homelessness (Thompson, Pollio, Eyrich, Bradbury, & North, 2004). These changing priorities have coincided with, and are partially explained by, a relatively new approach to homeless services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, namely Housing First (HF).…”