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Our Executive Director, Michele Conderino, had the wonderful opportunity to deliver a speech at the NAEH Conference in San Francisco, California this week. The conference was a great platform, where several insightful speakers shared their ideas and strategies to tackle homelessness. One of the most enlightening discussions held at the conference was on "5 things to solve homelessness", led by Tomiquia Moss, Secretary of California's Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. These five things provide a constructive and achievable roadmap to address homelessness: 1. Fostering the belief that solving homelessness is possible by listening to experts and investing in proven solutions. 2. Increasing the availability of affordable housing. 3. Recognizing housing justice as a critical component of racial justice. 4. Making simultaneous investments in Prevention, Interim Housing, and Permanent Housing to achieve positive outcomes. 5. Building political will and public courage to address homelessness. By implementing these 5 strategies, we can work towards a society where everyone has access to safe and affordable housing. #NAEH2024

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Thank you, Alison Watson, Director, Shelter Scotland for joining today’s Housemark Scotland Leadership Forum to discuss those very important topics around the shortage of affordable housing, homelessness and addressing the Housing Emergency. We've engaged in a debate with senior housing sector colleagues to discuss what we can do together as a sector, to address those fundamental issues. We asked ourselves, if there is anything that we can do to prevent the number of homeless people from rising, and following decades of underfunding in housing and austerity, with the lack of affordable homes and the private rents being unaffordable what can we do to improve those staggering figures? We discussed the need for a national strategy, a delivery plan, and clarity on the targets of tenure required across our housing system to meet existing affordable housing demand. Thank you Rob Griffiths for chairing today's session and to the senior housing sector leaders for joining the discussion. Join the next Leadership forum on 18 June: https://lnkd.in/efCwPfW3 #Scotland #UKhousing #sociallandlords #homelesness #affordablehousing

National and local leaders are working to mobilize us all to act against inequitable systems that are preventing us from achieving the abundant housing future we know is possible.     An overwhelming 1,000+ organizations and leaders from across the country have filed more than 40 amicus briefs in support of Gloria Johnson and the rights of people experiencing homelessness in the landmark case going before the Supreme Court on April 22.      Among these leaders are our partners at Funders Together to End Homelessness , National Alliance to End Homelessness, and Enterprise Community Partners, who are lighting the way by equipping the field with the solutions communities should continue deploying over the long haul to support people after the Supreme Court hearing.      Now is a critical moment for all of us. We have the chance to use our CaseMaking skills to ensure everyone sees their shared stake in the two futures created in this moment.       📃 Read the brief from Funders Together, NAEH, and Enterprise Community Partners here: https://lnkd.in/gztVPRBY     📄 See the full list of amicus briefs here: https://lnkd.in/dz-kXDyd     📕 Review the CaseMaking playbook we created in partnership with NAEH here: https://lnkd.in/e9Gu6eBj 

Spent the past few days in San Francisco🌁 for the National Alliance to End Homelessness 2024 Innovations and Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness conference. Nearly 40% of the more than 1,200 attendees were from California, but we were able to hear about unique approaches from both across the State and the nation. In this field — success looks like sharing and collaboration🫱🏾🫲🏼! And at LA Family Housing, we thrive on working in coalition because we believe “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Conference Takeaways: 1️⃣Ending homelessness is possible. 2️⃣Building more housing is key. 3️⃣Elevating lived experience is necessary. 4️⃣Housing justice is racial justice. 5️⃣Budget advocacy is a must. 6️⃣And going it alone is selfish and deadly.

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Have you commented on our 10 Year Housing Plan yet? Read it on our website at: www.achcd.org/reports. The public can leave comments at: https://lnkd.in/gC8f-z6G or at HCD.Policy.Program@acgov.org. You'll learn that: Among other things, the plan is aligned with County policies and practices that promote equitable outcomes for communities marginalized by historically rooted systems of neglect and oppression so that all people can thrive. This can be seen in the disparate housing outcomes, where Black and Brown households are less likely to own a home and are more likely to experience homelessness than White and Asian households. According to the Alameda County Continuum of Care (CoC) report on Centering Racial Equity in Homeless Response System Design, (found at: https://lnkd.in/giDB-FFM...) Black and Indigenous people experience homelessness at a rate four times higher than in Alameda County’s general population. Michelle Starratt Jennifer Pearce Dylan Sweeney John Lo, JD Elizabeth Cook

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Autumn has now fully commenced, and I have been actively participating in several workshops and seminars on the Housing First model for addressing homelessness. While these events have offered numerous valuable insights, one recurring omission stands out: the discussion around housing, particularly affordable housing. Perhaps it is assumed that everyone is already aware of its significance, which may explain why it is often not addressed or maybe we think it's out of our hands. In my view, the lack of affordable housing remains the greatest challenge to scaling up the Housing First model and, by extension, achieving systemic change. I hope that we will be increasingly bold in engaging with housing-related events and, in turn, invite housing sector actors to participate in our own events, trainings, and initiatives. It is only through co-operation efforts that we can effectively address and ultimately end homelessness. #endhomelessness Y-Säätiö