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New Indigenous-led shelter provides help to those in need

Amelia Schafer

April 02, 2024 |

ICT News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Rapid City, South Dakota

Pejuta Waste O’Tipi is an indigenous-led resource that provides support to the local homeless community, including shelter, meals, cultural healing, peer support and leadership training to help them reenter the community. The shelter serves meals to over 100 people each day, and more than half of the participants have maintained sobriety since visiting the shelter.

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Booted From the Army, He Spiraled. Now He Works to Solve the Veteran Homelessness Crisis

Anne Marshall-Chalmers

March 25, 2024 |

The War Horse |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Various efforts to reduce veteran homelessness have worked together over the years to cut the number of unhoused veterans almost in half since 2019. One such effort is the VA Housing First model, which prioritizes finding permanent, supportive housing without conditions like sobriety. In 2023 alone, the VA placed more than 46,500 veterans into permanent housing.

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Volusia County couple offers clean start to homeless residents

Jasmine Hall

March 21, 2024 |

Daytona Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

A mobile shower facility called God’s Bathouse stops at churches in Florida to provide a safe environment for people experiencing homelessness to take a hot shower and address their health maintenance needs.

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What If Finding Affordable Housing Worked More Like Matchmaking?

Michaela Haas

March 18, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Brilliant Corners helps vulnerable, low-income individuals secure housing by working with other local organizations, including the Flexible Housing Subsidy Poll, which helps match people with suitable housing options. Brilliant Corners has helped about 13,000 people get into permanent housing and can cover over $10 million in rent subsidies every month.

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Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

Keyshawn Davis

March 01, 2024 |

The Sacramento Observer |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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Only a lucky few find home in Atlanta's new cargo container village

Sean Keenan

February 28, 2024 |

Atlanta Civic Circle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

The Melody is a 40-unit shipping container apartment complex that provides rapid housing solutions to people experiencing homelessness. The rapid housing program helps provide safe, stable and affordable housing, as rent in the container homes is free. The city aims to deliver 500 shipping container apartments for single residents by the end of 2025.

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Western Oregon church hosts residential huts in parking lot as part of its housing ministry

David Paulsen

February 16, 2024 |

Episcopal News Service |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church's overnight parking program offers those who are temporarily unhoused a place to stay, typically by camping in their cars or RVs. Recently, the Church partnered with local social service agencies to add three semi-permanent housing huts to their parking lot. Residents staying in the hut have access to amenities in the Church, like a kitchen, and are welcome to stay as long as they need to until they decide to move into more permanent accommodations.

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Why Boston's wealthy Back Bay said yes, in our backyard

Troy Aidan Sambajon

February 14, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

When plans for a new private hotel fell through, community organizations and developers like Pine Street Inn took over the 140 Clarendon building to provide permanent, supportive housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness. Pine Street Inn now owns and operates more than 440 permanent supportive housing locations, providing a home for about 900 people in the Greater Boston area.

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Reclaiming Our Homes

Julia Rocha

February 09, 2024 |

Latino USA |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Moms for Housing reclaim vacant homes owned by investors to provide a place for single mothers to live. Advocating for housing as a human right, 13 organizers are currently living in these unoccupied houses and through civil disobedience, managed to negotiate temporary housing as they continue fighting for permanent solutions to the area’s housing crisis.

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'A solution that nobody even imagined': The Village as a model for housing and mental health and addictions support

Shalu Mehta

February 09, 2024 |

The Discourse |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Duncan, British Columbia

A site full of tiny homes called The Village provides stable, transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness in Duncan, British Columbia. The organizations that run the site provide residents with addiction recovery support and necessities like food while creating a welcoming, culturally safe community.

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