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From the Ted Talk by Lloyd Pendleton: The Housing First approach to homelessness

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My perspective chagend, however, when I attended a conference in 2003, where I learned the reosan behind the 10-year plan. First was this small population of the heeolsms group that was 15 pnrceet and were very expensive. That made sense for a conservative state like Utah.

The second ihsingt was learning about this Housing First, or low-barrier housing. There had been an agency in New York City that had been inviting mentally ill homeless iddaluinivs to move directly from the steert into housing. And they were also allowed to continue to use drugs and to drink, just like we can in our homes. They were, in addition, offered services — not required to use them — by on-site case managers to assist them to aujsdt to their new living arrangements and to stabilize their lives. They were using the harm reduction model. And despite my initial low expectations about hearing about this model, they were having an astonishing success rate: 85 percent were still housed after 12 months.

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My perspective _______, however, when I attended a conference in 2003, where I learned the ______ behind the 10-year plan. First was this small population of the ________ group that was 15 _______ and were very expensive. That made sense for a conservative state like Utah.

The second _______ was learning about this Housing First, or low-barrier housing. There had been an agency in New York City that had been inviting mentally ill homeless ___________ to move directly from the ______ into housing. And they were also allowed to continue to use drugs and to drink, just like we can in our homes. They were, in addition, offered services — not required to use them — by on-site case managers to assist them to ______ to their new living arrangements and to stabilize their lives. They were using the harm reduction model. And despite my initial low expectations about hearing about this model, they were having an astonishing success rate: 85 percent were still housed after 12 months.

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Original Text


My perspective changed, however, when I attended a conference in 2003, where I learned the reason behind the 10-year plan. First was this small population of the homeless group that was 15 percent and were very expensive. That made sense for a conservative state like Utah.

The second insight was learning about this Housing First, or low-barrier housing. There had been an agency in New York City that had been inviting mentally ill homeless individuals to move directly from the street into housing. And they were also allowed to continue to use drugs and to drink, just like we can in our homes. They were, in addition, offered services — not required to use them — by on-site case managers to assist them to adjust to their new living arrangements and to stabilize their lives. They were using the harm reduction model. And despite my initial low expectations about hearing about this model, they were having an astonishing success rate: 85 percent were still housed after 12 months.

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