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People experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable during disasters. This National #HomelessnessAwarenessMonth learn how to work effectively with individuals experiencing homelessness before, during, and after a disaster. https://lnkd.in/gw8RAMms

🏠 💚 🌍 The Plan to End Homelessness in Bermuda 🌍 💚 🏠 We're thrilled to share a groundbreaking stride towards a future where no one in Bermuda faces homelessness. The plan outlines a strategic, evidence-based approach to not only tackle, but end, homelessness on our island 📚 ✨ Drawing on successful models, data, and insights from Bermuda and across the globe, we've pinpointed actions and outcomes that turn this vision into reality. Yet, the journey ahead is vast. This isn't a quick fix, but a long-term, united mission calling for an unprecedented level of collaboration among individuals, stakeholders, and the community. 🤝 The heart of this ambitious plan? A united, steadfast commitment and a seamlessly coordinated effort to launch a single, shared strategy. Success hinges on our collective resolve to stand by this commitment over the long haul. We are at the cusp of change, inspired and ready to transform lives. But we can't do it alone. Join us in this pivotal movement. Together, we can rewrite the story of homelessness in Bermuda and end it for good 💼 🌟 🏠 Read more about the plan at www.home.bm/theplan #EndHomelessnessBermuda #TogetherForChange #StrategicPlan

Shelter estimates that over 300,000 people in the UK are currently homeless, with many of those finding themselves in temporary accommodation.*    The Family Emergency Accommodation Guidance — developed by Morris+Company in collaboration with Commonweal Housing , The Magpie Project and our team at Common Projects — analyses current policies and guidelines, and recommends the first steps to providing the level of quality, purpose-built #EmergencyAccommodation we urgently need.   Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eqsGcBka And how we’ll be helping over the course of 2024: https://lnkd.in/eUuJJVrp *Source: Shelter’s annual report, Homelessness in England 2023

Why is it that our response to fire or flood is different than our response to homelessness from poverty and policy? The crazy thing is, the impact is the same. The impact of homelessness in terms of the loss of housing is as big as our largest natural disasters. If we treated homelessness like a natural disaster, we would collect people’s data, figure out what they needed, offer short term shelter and begin building long term housing. So simple. Read the insightful article by Rob Munro who speaks with Tim Richter 🏠 Treat homelessness in Okanagan, Kamloops like a wildfire: https://loom.ly/XflAaws

If like me you feel saddened, angry and frustrated seeing our people suffer and die through the current homelessness disaster unfolding across Australia then we need to come together and unite in solidarity through visible activism & advocacy on mass and as a collective together to show we want change from our governments. My vision and purpose has always been to activate empty and under-utilised spaces and provide shelter first principles that look to change and save the lives of the homeless - I have never deviated from this and I am still committed to that even though I am no longer associated with Beddown (FYI - there are still many people that think I am still with Beddown, just for the record, I am not). Having empty spaces and places like Pinkenba, Wellcamp and others as examples that could have an immediate impact to the lives of many yet homelessness still grows, people in tents, in cars, on the street, sofa surfing etc. and not to mention the loss of life. We need change and funding for the sector to enable them to activate and operate spaces as we can do in times of natural disasters and to give people the basic human rights whilst an adequate housing stock is created. We need to do better, we need to do more for our people. Who feels the same way as I do and who wants change? #activism #advocacy #homelessness #disaster #crisis #peopledying #shelterfirst #nooneleftoutside Image credit: Reddit / Paul Slater

People experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable during disasters. This National #HomelessnessAwarenessMonth learn how to work effectively with individuals experiencing homelessness before, during, and after a disaster. https://lnkd.in/gw8RAMms

One of the really nice things about All Home's framework for how to plan investments around homelessness is that it recognizes a simple reality: you cannot decrease unsheltered homelessness without preventing more people entering (or returning to) homelessness. There is no question we need more permanent, deeply affordable homes. There is also no question that we need interim and temporary solutions that reduce harm and provide safety. Where the public sometimes doesn't see the full picture is that a good deal of the crisis is fueled by first-time homeless experiences and people who return to the street for a variety of complicated but addressable reasons. This plan has been around for a bit, but it's worth sharing just to help people see an important part of the picture in California - the critical, ongoing necessity of dramatic increases in prevention. https://lnkd.in/gV_D6FuA

The devastating decision of the U.S. Supreme Court today allowing cities to continue to criminalize homelessness, even if people have nowhere else to go, is disappointing yet unsurprising. It fits in with the inefficient, ineffective, and inhumane belief that punishing people for trying to survive will somehow remedy a homelessness crisis caused by lack of affordable housing. When shelters are closed, beds are full, and no affordable options are available, housing status is not a choice. Attempting to eliminate visible homelessness through camping bans and criminalization is a knee-jerk reaction to a complex problem that demands intentional solutions like investments in housing, shelters, and appropriate services. The decision today is short-sighted and fails to incentivize local and state governments to invest and implement real solutions to homelessness that improve people’s lives and communities. #JohnsonVGrantsPass #HousingnotHandcuffs Read our full statement on our website https://lnkd.in/gfQSzyrk

This vital funding will provide much-needed support and resources for those experiencing homelessness. Together, we're making a difference and building stronger, more resilient communities. Read more https://rb.gy/2n78vn #breakingnews #news #montana #bozeman #belgrade #bigsky #billings #property #keepingcurrentmatters #realestate #realestateproperty #foryou #gallatinrealestate #bozemanmt

We’re in for another horrifying winter where homelessness people are maimed or die outside. This is an entirely solvable problem - solvable by taking the exact same approach we do when natural disaster strikes, a key element of which can be providing rapidly deployable ‘work camp’ housing to provide low barrier, supportive, housing focused shelter. Exactly as we did for people who lost their homes in Calgary’s 2013 flood and other similar disasters. https://lnkd.in/eY9tYXQY