Is giving housing first a revolutionary approach to ending homelessness?

As of May 19th, the mayor of Medicine Hat, Alberta, has ended homelessness in his city (for now). Apparently, the key to ending homelessness is exactly that: a key - to their own place. This is a “housing first” approach to ending homelessness, in which officials give a homeless person housing within 10 days of discovering their homeless situation. Support services such as addressing mental or addiction problems then follow suit. Of course, ending homelessness is not so easy, with issues such as money insecurity to consider. But, do you think that the mayor is onto something with his “housing first” approach? Read more about this interesting policy here: http://tinyurl.com/kd74ppg