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Definition for Housing First

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The Housing First model moves homeless participants from the streets immediately into permanent housing.  With stable and supportive treatment services, program participants are better able to focus on the core mental and physical issues that led them to homelessness. Housing First can be contrasted with a continuum of housing "readiness," which typically subordinates access to permanent housing to other requirements.