The WRMA and UI researchers concluded that successful communities were shifting to a new paradigm that included:

1. “Housing first” in private rooms in place of emergency shelter group sleeping arrangements;
   
2. “Permanent supportive housing” in place of temporary transitional programs;
   
3. “Low barriers” to service in place of insistence upon total abstinance from alcohol and other drugs; and
   
4. Major involvement by mainstream state and local public agencies in place of primary reliance upon faith based and other charitable organizations.