Housing First - a Good Practice Briefing

By: Steve McKeown
Published: November 2008

Housing First - a Good Practice Briefing

As is evident from research to date, no single model of housing and support is likely to be effective for all homeless people with complex needs. Shelter has previously called for the consideration and development of new approaches.

The purpose of this briefing is not to advocate for any single model, but to examine the potential for the housing first approach to complement existing provision in the UK.