>“Housing First”, on the other hand, reverses the path: Homeless people get a flat – without any preconditions. Social workers help them with applications for s

>“Housing First”, on the other hand, reverses the path: Homeless people get a flat – without any preconditions. Social workers help them with applications for social benefits and are available for counselling in general. In such a new, secure situation, It's more of an IOU handout. We will help you if you're willing to help yourself. Although this is somewhat of a detractor: >4 out of 5 homeless people will be able to keep their flat for a long time with “Housing First” and lead a more stable life. Not sure that I'd like to live somewhere with constantly changing tenants and people who may have bouts of mental issues that I'd have to suffer through. I've lived in a low cost apartment. It's fine so long as you ignore the relationship issues. My only beef with this is then it gives a lot of people the reason to believe that it's okay to live a lifestyle outside your means because you can always get free housing if you lose it all. Part of the incentive to prevent you from blowing all your money on toys is ending up homeless since you can't pay your bills.