Housing-First Model

What are the goals of the Housing First policy? Homelessness is an issue in multiple communities, more than half the homeless people have problems with finding and keeping a stable home environment because of substance abuse or job loss. The Housing First model helps women transition to housing and creates a path out of homelessness. The Housing First model helps connect homeless women with appropriate in-patient or out-patient professional supports, but their program is not being contingent on their sobriety. The vast majority of people who drink or use drugs- including those who use recreationally and those who meet criteria for substance abuse disorders deem stably housed.

The model describes a means to house individual without the necessary

action to end substance abuse. Furthermore, the instability of the experience of homelessness may lead people to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol. The model displays an approach that focuses on re-connecting homeless individual to permanent housing to decrease problematic use of substances, even if it does not end altogether. In that way, housing individuals are the foundation for future wellness goals; which may or may not include sobriety, not the reward for achieving them.
The Housing First policy makes services voluntary and increases the likelihood that someone will make it part of their ongoing recovery. The framework is intended to provide shelter first, then attending to other issues, such as employment goals, disabilities, mental illnesses, and substance abuse. This research proposal describes the general problem of homelessness, the idea of the Housing First approach, its tendency, and its advantages and harmful impact. The policy intentionally protects homeless people in society by providing safe housing.
The importance of the research is to build an understanding of what homeless people face and to determine if meeting the resident where they are will provide structured activities in the future, such as, paying bills, like housing, and keeping appointments for mental and health issues. A homeless program should address all aspects to efficiently work for a brighter future and put an end to the problem. The study will review the literature about the dilemmas with substance abuse in the homeless population and what effects of the homeless policy will have on future independence.