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ArticleUrban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2025

Housing First for Youth Who Experience Homelessness: A Systematic Review.

Julia Woodhall-Melnik, Cassandra Monette, Chloe Reiser, Tobin LeBlanc Haley

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Article in Urban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Julia Woodhall-MelnikUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8613-5819
Cassandra MonetteUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada.
Chloe ReiserUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-0404
Tobin LeBlanc HaleyUniversity of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Housing First programs are widely used to house adults with histories of chronic homelessness. Recently, Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) emerged as a targeted response to youth homelessness and is presently cited as the ideal model; however, researchers have yet to synthesize the evidence on which this claim is made. Through a systematic review of literature, the present authors fill this gap by offering a thematic synthesis of available peer-reviewed evidence on the impacts of HF4Y on a variety of outcomes for youth who experience homelessness. Five databases were searched from inception to April 2023 and reference lists of relevant articles were hand searched for additional studies. This search finds seven studies that specifically measure outcomes associated with HF4Y enrollment. Findings indicate that HF4Y can improve housing security, but additional research is needed to develop a more robust evidence base. There is a need for longitudinal studies, randomized controlled trials, and rich qualitative studies of HF4Y.

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housing firsthousing interventionsyouthyouth homelessnessyouth housing

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PMID40703848
PMCPMC12282963

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