Methods	Design: Randomized control trial
	Setting: Boston, United States
	Follow up: 18 months
	Recruitment: Residents of homeless shelters for mentally ill were identified and screened
	Randomization: Participants were randomly assigned. No mention of randomization procedures
	Allocation: No mention of allocation procedures
	Blinding: Not mentioned
	Timing of outcome assessment: Data collected for up to 18 months
	Outcome assessor: Not mentioned
Participants	Population: Homeless adults with mental illness
	Sample size: Total n = 118, Group housing n = 63, Independent apartments n = 55
Interventions	Intervention:
	Evolving Consumer Household model; a shared housing arrangement that provides more independence while minimising the presumed risks of living independently or in traditional group homes; the model is designed to offer residents permanent secure housing without the requirement of treatment compliance; staff are trained to facilitate consumer independence, and the number of staff is expected to be gradually reduced as consumers learn the skills needed to manage the house themselves.
	Comparator:
	Independent‐living apartments: One‐ or two‐ room single apartments in public housing projects or large multiunit sites subsidized by the Boston Housing Authority.
Outcomes	Housing stability, quality of life
Notes