Thread by @HFScotland

Here's what new tenants said about Housing First in Scotland. A wee 🧵 in awe of people 💪🏽

🗨️ "She [support worker] can walk with me as long as I want and I've got someone to turn to when I'm frustrated … I feel like I've got someone there for me, someone cares." (Housing First tenant, Edinburgh)

🗨️ "The impact that it's had on my life, getting a house and having support while I'm in that house. I reflect on it and I go, I've been doing alright recently, why have I been doing alright? Well… the biggest reason, I've got a house and I'm away from homelessness." (Glasgow)

🗨️ "I’m highly motivated to do things, get things for the flat, get pictures up… to make it a home… I'm taking pride in cleanliness, the flat's spotless, I've got myself a new modern hoover, cordless." (Dundee)

🗨️ "I said, 'Can you take a step back to let me try and do it myself?' Obviously, I still have his support at the side, but it helps me a bit, getting to the role of actually going out to the big bad world myself, do you know what I mean?" (Aberdeen/shire).

Positive feedback from other people had encouraged one man to accept an offer of Housing First:

🗨️ “Some people in town were raving about it…”

🗨️ "It's not only like - they're actually checking on you all the time… asking how I'm doing… you can feel like people really care." (Aberdeen/shire)

🗨️ "All the agencies have joined up more… I didn't see a worker for over two years, and then [Housing First worker] comes along and, 'Oh, here you go, here's your worker, you come out of hospital, here's an appointment…’ (Dundee)