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Housing First seems to be a success almost everywhere it is tried: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First
by throwup238 2y ago
Housing First seems to be a success almost everywhere it is tried: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First
Salt Lake City and Utah in general are the poster city/state for the program.
- bradleyjg 2y agoI’ve been to Salt Lake City. They have street homeless.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoThey also have a program that seems to be at least somewhat effective at helping them get out of that situation. The fact that it is less than 100% effective, or that some homeless may be unwilling to enter it, does not detract from the usefulness of the program.
- bradleyjg 2y agoThere’s been times and places in American history without visible street homeless. So I don’t think I’m setting an unreasonable bar for effective.
- Rendello 2y agoI'm curious to know the difference in approach where it's is effective, and where it's not. I've heard nothing but good from HF with regards to places like Finland, but this CBC report from Ottawa is grim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QMJHp7KqTg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QMJHp7KqTg