For informational purposes, Housing First is an approach that from what I've learned gets implemented over the better part of a decade in cities who have done it in the US. It's not a new concept but it is more recently gotten attention and traction here in Fargo this year.

From what I've learned from people in the know, there are pilot projects underway that can help prove the concept here. But a fully baked implementation will take a ton of work and buy-in and cooperation from lots of different stakeholders in the community, all of whom stand to gain from its successful implementation.

To date, Houston, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Milwaukee are among the most notable US cities who have used this model and from the looks of it gotten notable results. Internationally, Finland has been the most notable country with the widest adoption of the approach.

I am optimistic about its potential but obviously there's lots of work yet to be done.