Resources & Learning

Training Resources

  • Book titled 'Housing First' with a red, pink, and orange geometric design on the cover.

    Housing First, Manual Revised

    This step-by-step manual provides a solid foundation for introducing the evidence-based Housing First approach--provide housing first, followed by supportive treatment services--into new locations, and evolving existing programs into those based on the ideals of the Pathways Model to End Homelessness.

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  • Book titled 'Housing First' with the subtitle 'Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives' authored by Deborah K. Padgett, Benjamin F. Henwood, and Sam J. Tsemberis, published by Oxford, with a white cover featuring black and white images.

    Housing First, Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives

    This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began in New York City in 1992 and rapidly spread to other cities nationally and internationally.

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Housing First: Principles Into Practice Overview

Media Coverage

  • Close-up portrait of an older man with gray hair and a beard, wearing a suit and tie, smiling gently, against a plain background.

    TIME 100 Recognition: One of the Most Influential People of 2024

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  • A middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing a checkered shirt, presenting or speaking in front of a black background, with a projection screen partially visible to the left.

    TEDx Talk: Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Lives, and Changing Communities

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  • Close-up of an older man with gray hair and beard looking into the distance outside, with sunlight on his face.

    INDEPENDENT: Meet Sam Tsemberis, the outsider who is solving chronic homelessness across America

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  • Title slide of a presentation with purple cityscape background reading 'An introduction to Housing First with Dr. Sam Tsemberis' and a play button icon below.

    Housing First Auckland: An Introduction to Housing First with Sam Tsemberis

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  • Two men sitting on a beige couch having a conversation in a room with yellow walls and a window with blinds and an air conditioning unit.

    The Home Visit: Pathways to Housing Shows a Key Part of Housing First

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  • An older man in a suit and tie sitting in an office, speaking, with a bookshelf full of books on his left and a computer on his right.

    Sam Tsemberis Interviews Len Stein

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