Is Housing First Sustainable?

“D.C. housed the homeless in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned.”

This a “must read” for people who wonder how well the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s focus on Housing First works—or not.

When dozens of chronically homeless people with varying, untreated disabling conditions are placed in apartments with little or no supportive services, the outcome is, unfortunately, predictable and ultimately unsustainable, especially in cities with extremely high rental costs.

Click on the link below for the full story from the Washington Post. Don't try to read the rest of the ads or delete them. You'll have to start all over to read this excellent article. Hope you find it as informational and meaningful as I did.  (Note that the photo of the apartment is not an actual photo of the apartments that were rented. It is symbolic of the type of apartments that were constructed when these older apartment complexes were built.)

D.C. housed the homeless in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned.