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Topic: ‘Housing First’

‘Housing First’ is an approach to ending homelessness. In this approach, the goal is to move people experiencing homelessness into independent and permanent housing as quickly as possible. Once they are housed, additional supports and services are provided as needed. This is called a recovery-oriented approach to homelessness. The basic underlying principle of Housing First is that people are better able to move forward with their lives if they are first housed. This applies to people experiencing homelessness and people with mental health and addictions issues in the same way it would apply to anyone. Housing is provided first and then supports are provided including physical and mental health, education, employment, substance abuse and community supports and connections. Is housing first a good approach and how does it compare to other housing options?

Other requirements:

Using at minimum 8 sources, 6 of which are from academic journals. Students should be aware of the connection between the strength of their papers and the strength of their sources chosen. Weak sources typically make for a weaker paper while strong sources support a stronger analysis so choose wisely.

Papers should at minimum include:

An introduction to identify the purpose of the review as well as some rationale around the decision making for the articles included.

A main body which is a review and critical analysis of what the literature says, how it relates to your scenario and most importantly how the literature advances the understanding of the scenario.

A concluding section with insights gained from the literature review and possible ways to apply this information to provide help.

Useful Resources:

HYPERLINK “http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/images/stories/Documents/literature-review.pdf” U of T – Taylor and Proctor – Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting

HYPERLINK “http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/student-pdfs/” U of T Writing Advice

HYPERLINK “https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/” OWL Purdue APA