# The Housing First approach to homelessness

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2016
- Speaker: Lloyd Pendleton
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lloyd_pendleton_the_housing_first_approach_to_homelessness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What do you think would happen if you invited an individual with mental health issues who had been homeless for many years to move directly from the street into housing? Loyd Pendleton shares how he went from skeptic to believer in the Housing First approach to homelessness -- providing the displaced with short-term assistance to find permanent housing quickly and without conditions -- and how it led to a 91 percent reduction in chronic homelessness over a ten-year period in Utah.

## Lectures

1. [The Housing First approach to homelessness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lloyd_pendleton_the_housing_first_approach_to_homelessness/a9ad7a9a3e3c), 14 min (TED's player)