Criminalization makes it harder for people to exit homelessness. Instead, we need to invest in proven and humane solutions. Learn about best practices in responding to unsheltered homelessness: https://lnkd.in/g4R7xPhD #JohnsonVGrantsPass
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"What does God require of you? To do justice, to do acts of loving kindness, and to walk humbly with God."
I'm paying close attention to this. Criminalizing things poor people have to do does nothing but compound the problem. The resources of religious organizations, social services, government, and law enforcement end up being focused on cleaning up the mess left behind by bad policies and laws. These policies are quick fix attempts to punish victims of systems for political expediency and they have caused such significant damage to our social infrastructures that we no longer can support the programs that would prevent people from getting stuck in these cycles in the first place. The screaming demands of the life and death situations these policies create drown out the capacity of nonprofits to whisper well-placed words of redirection and transformative support.
National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Landmark Supreme Court Case on Homelessness: “The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass comes amidst a growing wave of criminalization across the nation, with efforts at the federal, state, and local levels threatening people experiencing homelessness’ civil rights and dignity. Should the lower court standards remain, the case will reinforce the humanity of our most vulnerable residents. It will make clear the responsibility of elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels to produce sufficient permanent housing solutions and shelter accommodations for every person in their communities who needs them." Read the Alliance's full statement here: https://lnkd.in/gFHTECyQ
National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Landmark Supreme Court Case on Homelessness
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The solutions to ending homelessness? Low-barrier shelter, affordable housing and services at every level… but how do we achieve this? Check out this article from the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) for information that leaders use to make informed and strategic decisions on homelessness. https://www.rfr.bz/llnqnb3
What It Takes to End Homelessness: Beyond the Supreme Court Decision
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“While homelessness response systems continued to house more and more people each year, the increasing cost of housing, limited access to healthcare, and wages and income benefits that failed to keep up kept driving more and more people into homelessness each year.” In their recent blog, National Alliance to End Homelessness talks about why we’re still seeing increasing homelessness, even when our systems are becoming more efficient: https://lnkd.in/eK9jsS76
Homelessness Systems Are More Efficient – But What’s Driving Homelessness Increases?
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Commentary: A Flash to 2006 on the Housing Crisis and Homelessness is Revealing https://lnkd.in/gJm45CD2
Commentary: A Flash to 2006 on the Housing Crisis and Homelessness is Revealing
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I tend to think its hard to assign fault in such a complicated network of actors where local, regional, state, national and global forces collide to create a dire housing crisis and associated problems like rapidly rising rates of homelessness and displacement among older adults. I also think the blame game is less than productive. What is important is that we as a community in the County of Marin face such complicated problems by raising our hands and saying 'yes, we'll find a way' rather than engaging complexity as a reason not to take practical steps in the right direction. Prevention is the only path to stemming inflow into the homelessness response system and thus bringing a true end to homelessness. #prevention #agingequity #shallowsubsidies https://lnkd.in/gP3hwCHE
Marin panel faults county on senior homelessness prevention
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Commentary: A Flash to 2006 on the Housing Crisis and Homelessness is Revealing https://lnkd.in/gEnmYRv2
Commentary: A Flash to 2006 on the Housing Crisis and Homelessness is Revealing
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This is a great opinion piece. I can attest first hand that if you treat this like an emergency-which it is-and devote the necessary resources with an eye on a true continuum of care we can solve this.
The bad news is homelessness is at an all time high. The good news? As we saw during the pandemic, with action from Congress, the admin, & local communities, homelessness is solvable and preventable. My latest op-ed via MSNBC: https://lnkd.in/e4QX9H_s
Opinion | Homelessness rose sharply in 2023. Congress must act in 2024.
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Thanks for sharing Leanne Mitchell. Some important insights here including a timely reminder that often people experiencing chronic homelessness carry the most trauma, need the most help, and find themselves in circumstances where getting out of homelessness seems impossible. State and Federal governments must deliver ongoing funding streams for local government in their homelessness and housing programs to ensure we can deliver joined up responses. Focus must be on both preventative approaches and on ensuring that we have systems that are designed to meet the specific needs of people already experiencing homeless.
🏙️ Minneapolis aims to be the first large U.S. city to reach functional zero for chronic homelessness! "It’s not a program. It’s a system. We really tried to work with people to create a system that can best serve people wherever they are on their journey," said Danielle Werder, from the Hennepin County Office to End Homelessness. #HomelessnessIsSolvable Read more: https://bit.ly/3MBLU6i
Could Minneapolis Become The First Major U.S. City To Solve Chronic Homelessness?
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Stark reality of homelessness in Australia. Welcome Mission Australia continued focus on the challenges of children and young people. Ending this and all homelessness requires a collective, integrative response from all levels of government, and across the entire human service system. https://lnkd.in/gsn2jsuk
Mission Australia’s Youth Survey Homelessness Report 2024: The Unfair Divide
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In spring 2023, the federal government awarded 32 communities across the country with additional resources to address unsheltered homelessness. Some of the challenges faced by these communities that they strive to tackle with these additional resources include a severe lack of affordable housing or housing assistance programs to meet the need, homelessness response systems being stretched thin, people who are unsheltered needing clear pathways to access homeless services, and policy and politics getting in the way of solutions that work. Read the full piece and access the National Allliance to End Homelessness Research Institute’s analysis at https://lnkd.in/ganTqBw5
What is Preventing Progress on Unsheltered Homelessness?
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