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Tiny homes, big change: How DC can adapt tiny homes to fight homelessness

Hannah Loder

October 17, 2022 |

Street Sense Media |

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Response Location: United States, Springfield, Missouri

The Eden Village tiny home community helps to provide people without homes a place to live. Tiny homes communities allow municipalities to build more dense and affordable housing for the people who need it most. All the homes in the village are “permanent supportive housing,” meaning residents may live in their homes for the remainder of their lives as long as they follow the rules set forth by the community.

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‘This is what equity looks like': Roving teams deliver COVID vaccines around the Tenderloin

Kevin Fagan

August 25, 2022 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Roving coronavirus vaccination teams walk around the Tenderloin district of San Francisco to provide COVID-19 vaccines to people who want one. The medical professionals focus on providing vaccines to people experiencing homelessness, people who are marginally housed, isolated, or who have other obstacles to accessing care. In addition to some pop-up clinics they set up in parking lots and other centralized areas, they also administer vaccines right on the spot, where ever they find people who want one.

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One solution to reduce homelessness is to name each person affected

Michaela Towfighi

August 21, 2022 |

Concord Monitor |

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Response Location: United States

A national nonprofit, Community Solutions, works to reduce homelessness with a name-by-name list strategy in which communities create profiles for people experiencing homelessness to track their housing history, attempts to find new housing, and their current needs. The information is shared across all applicable community organizations to organize and speed up the assistance process.

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How A Small Canadian City Took On Chronic Homelessness

Leif Gregersen

August 11, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: Canada, Medicine Hat, Alberta

A town in Canada uses a housing-first approach to reduce homelessness. They help people experiencing homelessness get housing before offering support for other issues they might be facing.

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How a 100-day solution to homelessness could help Knox County

Grant Ritchey

August 08, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Knox County, Ohio

Reinstitute is a global non-profit, focusing on lowering homelessness across the world. The organization works with communities, both rural or urban, and constructs a “100-day challenge” to gather various groups and resources together to make a consequential change in homelessness in 100 days. The program has seen great success across the U.S., most recently housing 1,852 people following a campaign in California.

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Combating veteran suicides with peers, therapy, housing — and a little horse sense

Laurie Udesky

August 06, 2022 |

Local News Matters |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Swords to Plowshares is a San Francisco nonprofit providing homeless veterans with a place to live and different types of therapy while working to get them jobs, military benefits, and permanent housing.

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Finding solutions to address the homeless crisis

Diane Duenez

July 26, 2022 |

WXYZ-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

A city-sanctioned program allows people to camp on a corner in Chattanooga, despite it being illegal statewide. The safety and stability allow residents to focus on improving their economic situations in order to find stable housing.

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School on Wheels delivers tutoring – and hope – for homeless students

Magda Hernandez

July 19, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The nonprofit School on Wheels pairs students experiencing homelessness with tutors to help them catch up, and stay caught up, in school.

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Can a new encampment strategy get people housed permanently? Two Seattle campers find different answers

Scott Greenstone

July 17, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Mary Pilgrim is a 99-room converted-hotel shelter that provides people their own space while a case manager helps them find more permanent housing. While some have thrived in the shelter, which has provided housing for many people removed from homeless encampments and has strict hygiene and safety rules for residents, some residents and staff have encountered violence and there is a substantial amount of narcotics flowing through the shelter.

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How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own

Michael Kimmelman, Lucy Tompkins

June 14, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

The housing first strategy employed by Houston has produced a resounding success. More than 25,000 people have been housed due to collective action and cooperation amongst county agencies, local service providers, corporations, and nonprofits.

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