AN LA-style scheme to help combat homelessness is proving a success in getting people off the streets in Bradford. Housing First, a partnership between the Bridge Project, Bradford Council and housing providers which was piloted in the district in 2018, is based on an international initiative and is helping rough sleepers with complex needs turn their lives around. Rather than the traditional approach, which is often to place rough sleepers in homeless hostels, Housing First provides the individual with their own home and tenancy, with intensive open-ended support. The aim is to give people back control of their own lives and having a stable home provides them with an environment to tackle their demons and adapt to independent living.