The Economic Consequences of Homelessness in The US

are a couple of Housing First-like programs. Non-profit organization
Littleones renovates discarded or empty homes and they rent the rooms to single
mothers with financial and occupational support. Tsukuroi Tokyo fund advocates a
housing first and they built a shelter specially for homeless people.
United Kingdom
The UK government announced plans for a Housing First pilot programme in the West
Midlands, Liverpool, and Manchester, along with funding of £28m. This followed
publication of a report entitled Housing First by the Centre for Social Justice which cited
the results from the Finnish application of Housing First.
Criticism of
Housing First
One-Size-Fits-
All
Ralph DaCosta
Nunez, the
President and
CEO of the
Institute for
Children, Poverty
and
Homelessness
(ICPH), who is
also a Professor
at Columbia
University, predicted this one-size-fits-all is destined to fail as statistics in New York City
prove. Dr. Nunez described the approach as "'public stupidity'" rather than "'public
policy'". He also complained that Housing First "is all that’s left after the other poverty
fighting programs have been underfunded or eliminated." Nunez advocates for a three
tiered approach to addressing homelessness with Housing First as only the first
component of that approach.
Following Panelák: A Failed Communist Model
Sharam Kohan, a social policy expert and economist, compared the Housing First
model to Panelák of the former communist countries that tried to end homelessness by
providing permanent and unconditional public housing. Dr. Kohan criticized Housing
First model for following Panelák's failed philosophy and approaches. Dr. Kohan points
to a growing number of reports from communities that have implemented Housing First
programs which are "credited with creating slums and slumlord."
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