Housing First for families in Brno

A pragmatic single-site randomised controlled trial of Housing First intervention for homeless families in Brno, Czech Republic

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN44050004

Enrollment

Registered

2018-10-11

Start date

2016-04-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-08

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Conditions

Homelessness Not Applicable

Interventions

Out of a population of 421, 50 families are randomly assigned to municipal flat and intensive case management in housing first model. The control group is comprised of 100 families from the same popul

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Family, must have at least one child under 18 at the time of move-in. The child can also live in institution or foster care at the time of assignment. 2. Residing permanently or temporarily in Brno, Czechia, in April 2016 3. Must have been counted during Family homelessness registry week (census) in April 2016 in Brno 4. Must be homeless according to European typology of homelessness (ETHOS) at the time of move-in, e. g. living in shelter, temporary hostel, in overcrowded (less than 5sqm/person) household, couchsurfing, or inadequate flat (without water or electricity)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not being homeless at the time of census, assignment or move-in 2. Not having a child under 18 at the time of census, assignment or move-in

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of months the family was homeless (according to ETHOS typology of homelessness), measured at 6-months survey (evidence on places where the family lived in last six months by month) and 12-months survey (evidence of all places where the family lived by month since 05/2016) 2. Subjective assessment of security of tenure, measured using survey answers to: "Do you think you will be able to stay here as long as you wish?“ measured at 0, 6 and 12 months 3. Level of psychosocial distress, measured using K-6 psychosocial distress scale measure at 0, 6 and 12 months 4. Number of uses of emergency, ambulance and hospitalizations, measured using aggregate number of self-reported uses of emergency health services, ambulance and hospitalizations of all family members in last six months, measured at 0, 6 and 12 months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Number of months the family was homeless (according to ETHOS typology of homelessness), measured at 6-months survey (evidence on places where the family lived in last six months by month) and 12-months survey (evidence of all places where the family lived by month since 05/2016) 2. Subjective assessment of security of tenure, measured using survey answers to: "Do you think you will be able to stay here as long as you wish?“ measured at 0, 6 and 12 months 3. Level of psychosocial distress, measured using K-6 psychosocial distress scale measure at 0, 6 and 12 months 4. Number of uses of emergency, ambulance and hospitalizations, measured using aggregate number of self-reported uses of emergency health services, ambulance and hospitalizations of all family members in last six months, measured at 0, 6 and 12 months

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of moves in 6 months, measured using survey at 6 and 12 months 2. Quality of housing: 2.1. Occurrence of problems connected to poor housing, measured using survey battery at 6 and 12 months 2.2. Subjective assessment of housing quality at 6 and 12 months 3. Social integration of parents: 3.1. Level of anomia, measured by Srole scale at 0, 6 and 12 months 3.2. Participation in community gatherings, measured using survey question at 0, 6 and 12 months 4. Financial stability of families: 4.1. Amount of money the family lacks to cover basic goods and services, measured using survey question at 0, 6 and 12 months 4.2. Number of days in month the family disposes cash, measured using survey question at 0, 6 and 12 months 5. Reunification of families and prevention of institutionalization of children (number of children that came back from foster care or institutional care, and number of children institutionalized), measured using survey at 6 and 12 months 6. Absenteeism of school children, measured using administrative data at 12 months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Number of moves in 6 months, measured using survey at 6 and 12 months 2. Quality of housing: 2.1. Occurrence of problems connected to poor housing, measured using survey battery at 6 and 12 months 2.2. Subjective assessment of housing quality at 6 and 12 months 3. Social integration of parents: 3.1. Level of anomia, measured by Srole scale at 0, 6 and 12 months 3.2. Participation in community gatherings, measured using survey question at 0, 6 and 12 months 4. Financial stability of families: 4.1. Amount of money the family lacks to cover basic goods and services, measured using survey question at 0, 6 and 12 months 4.2. Number of days in month the family disposes cash, measured using survey question at 0, 6 and 12 months 5. Reunification of families and prevention of institutionalization of children (number of children that came back from foster care or institutional care, and number of children institutionalized), measured using survey at 6 and 12 months 6. Absenteeism of school children, measured using administrative data at 12 months

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Countries

Czech Republic

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026