At Home/Chez Soi is an innovative and ground-breaking study from the Mental Health Commission of Canada that is changing the way we view homelessness across the country. Using a $110 million federal grant, this was a four-year, five city (Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton) research demonstration project on mental health and homelessness.
Each of the five test sites also had a focus on a specific sub-population:
- Vancouver (people also experiencing problematic substance use)
- Winnipeg (urban Indigenous population)
- Toronto (ethno-racialized populations, including new immigrants who do not speak English)
- Montréal (includes a vocational study)
- Moncton (services in smaller communities)
With over 1,000 people housed this project has provided opportunities for extensive research into homelessness and has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Housing First solves homelessness.
Resources
Toolkit
Canadian Housing First Toolkit
Academic Articles
Collaboration and involvement of persons with lived experience in planning Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi project
Housing First for older homeless adults with mental illness: a subgroup analysis of the At Home/Chez Soi randomized controlled trial
Housing First for People with Severe Mental Illness Who are Homeless: A Review of the Research and Findings from the at Home—Chez soi Demonstration Project
The Impact of a 24 Month Housing First Intervention on Participants’ Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference: Results from the At Home / Chez Soi Toronto Site Randomized Controlled Trial
Bringing politics and evidence together: Policy entrepreneurship and the conception of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Initiative for addressing homelessness and mental illness in Canada
Understanding Community Integration in a Housing First Approach: Toronto At Home/ Chez Soi Community Based Research
The At Home / Chez Soi Project: Community Partners’ Perspectives on the Implementation of Housing First in Moncton
The Mental Health Commission of Canada: the first five years
Housing First Impact on Costs and Associated Cost Offsets: A Review of the Literature
Implementation Evaluation of a Housing First Program in a Small Canadian City
A cross-sectional examination of the mental health of homeless mothers: does the relationship between mothering and mental health vary by duration of homelessness?
Profiles of criminal justice system involvement of mentally ill homeless adults
Building Trust With People Receiving Supported Employment and Housing First Services
The impact of mood symptomatology on pattern of substance use among homeless
Chronic Pain Among Homeless Persons with Mental Illness
How did a Housing First intervention improve health and social outcomes among homeless adults with mental illness in Toronto? Two-year outcomes from a randomised trial
The role of advocacy coalitions in a project implementation process: The example of the planning phase of the At Home/Chez Soi project dealing with homelessness in Montreal
Participant perspectives on housing first and recovery: Early findings from the At Home/Chez Soi project
Health Status and Service Use in Homeless Individuals with Mental Illness: Consistency Between Self-Report and Administrative Health Records in the At Home/Chez Soi Multi-Site Trial
Bringing Politics and Evidence Together: policy entrepreneurship and the conception of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Initiative for addressing homelessness and mental illness in Canada
Exploring the Value of Mixed Methods Within the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Project: A Strategy to Evaluate the Implementation of a Complex Population Health Intervention for People With Mental Illness Who Have Been Homeless
Planning a Multi-site, Complex Intervention for Homeless People with Mental Illness: The Relationships Between the National Team and Local Sites in Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project
Ending homelessness among people with mental illness: the At Home/Chez Soi randomized trial of a Housing First intervention in Toronto
The At Home/Chez Soi trial protocol: a pragmatic, multi-site, randomised controlled trial of a Housing First intervention for homeless individuals with mental illness in five Canadian cities
Homelessness, bedspace and the case for Housing First in Canada
Sustaining Housing First After a Successful Research Demonstration Trial: Lessons Learned in a Large Urban Center
"Housing First" for Homeless Youth with Mental Illness
Racial-Ethnic Differences in Health Service Use in a Large Sample of Homeless Adults With Mental Illness From Five Canadian Cities
Reports
The Lived Experience Circle An Advisory Committee of the At Home/Chez Soi Project’s Winnipeg Site
Implementing Housing First: Lessons from Toronto - Report #1. Housing availability, adapting to independent housing, maintaining tenancies and implementing anti-racism/anti-oppression
National At Home/Chez Soi Final Report
At Home Early Findings Report - Volume 1 - April 2011
At Home/Chez Soi Early Findings Report – Volume 2 – January 2012
At Home/Chez Soi Early Findings Report - Volume 3 - Fall 2012
At Home/Chez Soi Project: Vancouver Site Final Report
At Home/Chez Soi Project: Toronto Site Final Report
Follow-Up Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Toronto Site
Follow-Up Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Winnipeg Site
Follow-Up Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Vancouver Site
Follow-Up Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Moncton Site
Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Toronto Site
Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Winnipeg Site
Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Vancouver Site
Follow-Up Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Cross-site Report
Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Moncton Site
Baseline Consumer Narratives of Lived Experience of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project: Toronto Report
Baseline Consumer Narratives of Lived Experience of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project: Winnipeg Report
Baseline Consumer Narratives of Lived Experience of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project: Vancouver Report
Baseline Consumer Narratives of Lived Experience of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project: Moncton Report
Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Cross-Site Report
Planning and Proposal Development for the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project: Cross-site Report
Conception of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's At Home/Chez Soi Project
Baseline Consumer Narratives of Lived Experience of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project: Cross Site Report
At Home/Chez Soi Interim Report
Beyond Housing: At Home/Chez Soi Early Findings Reports