This list of Pathways Housing First resources was compiled in August 2020 and will be updated as new resources are available. Additional resources on specific topics related to Housing First will also be added soon, including resources on rent subsidies, support services – Assertive Community Treatment and Intensive Case Management, fidelity, landlords, programs adapted for Indigenous People, and systems transformation.
Overview of Pathways Housing First
- Housing First Founder, Sam Tsemberis Ted Talk on Housing First, 11 minutes.
- Housing First Principles, produced by Rain City, Vancouver, BC.
- The Housing First Toolkit.
- Here At Home, Video of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First project produced by the Canadian National Film Board.
- The Ontario Housing First Regional Network: Community of Interest.
- Housing First Europe Hub.
- Aubry, T., Nelson, G., & Tsemberis, S. (2015). Pathways Housing First for people with severe mental illness who are homeless: A review of the research. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 60, 467-474. doi: 10.1177/070674371506001102
- Padgett, D., Henwood, B. & Tsemberis, S. (2016). Housing First: Ending homelessness, transforming systems, and changing lives. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Tsemberis, S. (2015). Housing First: The Pathways model to end homelessness for people with mental illness and addiction. Center City, MN: Hazelden Publications.
- Goering, P., Veldhuizen, S., Watson, A. et al. (2014). National At Home/Chez Soi Final Report. Calgary, AB: Mental Health Commission of Canada. National At Home/Chez Soi Final Report (EN); Rapport final du projet pancanadien Chez Soi (FR).
Large-scale Applications of Housing First
Veterans’ homelessness in the US
- We Can End Homelessness through Housing First Interventions, Urban Institute.
Alberta
- Turner Strategies (2018). 2018 Alberta Point-in-Time Count: Technical Report.
Edmonton
- How Edmonton got 10,000 people off the streets, 8 minute video.
Medicine Hat
- Medicine Hat said it eliminated homelessness in 2015. Here’s how the city is working to keep it that way, Toronto Star.
Finland
- Y-Foundation. (2017). A home of your own: Housing First and ending homelessness in Finland. Keuruu: Otava Book Printing.
- Juha Kaakinen Ted Talk on ending homelessness in Finland, 17 minutes.