SWOT analysis

Two tools on one page. The first is classic SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). The second keeps a rights-based reading so internal “weaknesses” are not used to delay housing. Neither tool is stored. Print both if useful.

Classic SWOT

Standard 2×2. Strengths and Weaknesses are internal. Opportunities and Threats are external.

S — Strengths

Internal. Helpful. What advantages, skills, supports, resources, or assets exist now?

W — Weaknesses

Internal. Harmful. What gaps, constraints, or vulnerabilities exist inside the household or file?

O — Opportunities

External. Helpful. What openings exist in programs, law, stock, or timing?

T — Threats

External. Harmful. What outside forces could worsen safety or housing?

Classic SWOT will appear here

S/W = internal. O/T = external. Print this page into the agency file if the person agrees.

Rights-based SWOT

Same four boxes, Housing First reading: strengths stay with the person; weaknesses are renamed as system barriers; opportunities are entitlements; threats are time-limited risks — not character judgements.

Strengths

What is already working in this person’s life, network, culture, and skill?

System barriers

Name the barrier, not the person.

Entitlements / openings

What door can staff open this week?

Threats to housing or safety

Time-limited risks that require a plan, not blame.

Rights-based analysis will appear here

Generate and print. Do not leave strengths out of the story — Housing First builds from them.