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  • Cleveland shelters work to protect homeless from COVID-19

    August 17, 2020 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Health officials and Cleveland homeless shelters are working together to prevent a coronavirus outbreak among those who are experiencing homelessness. Mass testing, separate areas for the already tested and those yet to be, and a focus on more equitably disseminating information have been key to helping the caseload stay low, although the shelters are facing limitations such as a slow turnaround time for test results.

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  • To fix homelessness, let's treat it as a health issue like they do in Denver

    July 20, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia can look to places such as Denver and New Jersey for examples of how to alleviate homelessness by treating it as a health problem. Many people experiencing homelessness struggle with alcohol, opiate and drug addictions as well as mental and physical disabilities. Hospitals are often obligated to treat and keep anyone who may not have a safe place to go after release therefore the healthcare industry has an incentive to mitigate the homelessness crisis by providing wraparound services as well as transitional housing for people who have no where to go after a hospital release.

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  • What the Coronavirus Proved About Homelessness

    July 18, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, England

    Britain's response to curbing the spread of coronavirus included the "Bring everyone in" operation which brought people experiencing homelessness off the streets and into accommodation - typically empty hotel rooms. Temporary shelter proved effective with only 16 deaths among those who were brought indoors. People were also given services that could lead to a life off the streets. The success demonstrated the ability of the government to quickly house people when political will and money were put toward solving the problem.

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  • Oakland's Homeless Community Knows How to End the City's Housing Crisis. Will Its Leaders Listen?

    July 14, 2020 |

    Law at the Margins |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The city of Oakland and local activists use a similar response to the problem – building encampments of "tiny houses" – but there are critical differences between the two programs. An activist group called The Village has taken over parkland or vacant lots to build 23 tiny structures at the heart of self-governed communities that activists hope alleviate homelessness in the short term and lead toward permanent solutions. The city has torn down most of The Village's structures and erected its own two-person sheds in camps governed by the city, an approach that has had mixed success for the people it served.

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  • At COVID-19 tenting sites, residents find peace

    June 24, 2020 |

    The Discourse |

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    Response Location: Canada, Duncan, British Columbia

    A coalition of local groups in the Cowichan region focused on the welfare of vulnerable populations during COVID-19 opened five tenting sites that have provided people experiencing homelessness with safety, meals, and access to service. The temporary solution, pending the opening of 100 units of housing to open in 2021, has uncertain financing after its initial $392,000 phase. But, almost immediately, the well-managed sites have had a visible effect: many fewer people wandering the streets.

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  • How Detroit Gets People Around During a Pandemic

    May 20, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The city of Detroit’s government spearheaded new partnerships at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to provide transit options for people living in city shelters and residents who don’t have cars to access COVID-19 testing. These partnerships among government departments allowed for transporting those experiencing homelessness to designated emergency shelters and hospitals to prevent the spread of the virus among shelter residents. Government officials anticipated as many as 450 shelter residents would contract the virus, but so far, only 154 people have tested positive with no deaths reported.

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  • 'I might have died if they hadn't rescued me': life inside the new hotels for the homeless

    May 07, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    Across England and Wales, over 5,000 individuals experiencing homelessness have found temporary accommodations in hotels. Paid for by the government as part of it’s COVID-19 relief efforts, hotels are working with social services to help provide housing, food, and other basic necessities to those going through housing insecurity. Not without challenges, the initiative has seen zero deaths from the pandemic but those working to help this initiative worry about the long-term.

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  • Can alternative living encampments help with the homelessness crisis?

    May 07, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    To cope with the crush of people experiencing homelessness around the West, formalized encampments like Camp Hope provide local governments with a quick, affordable way to put people into safe, temporary housing where they have ready access to health care and other services. At Camp Hope, residents live in tents and the camp provides a kitchen, running water, and bathrooms. But there’s a tension between such camps’ success at mitigating an immediate health and safety threat versus solving the problem in a more definitive way.

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  • Government-Run Homeless Camps Could Come To LA

    May 07, 2020 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In Los Angeles, a government-sanctioned camp has been developed for individuals experiencing housing insecurity. The camp, with around-the-clock security, offers residents water, meals, health care, and electrical outlets. While more have popped up as a response to slowing the spread of COVID-19 among those living on the streets, there have been arguments made for keeping them as a step toward more secure housing for individuals.

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  • COVID-19 Accelerated This West Virginia Community's Efforts to End Homelessness

    May 05, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Clarksburg, West Virginia

    West Virginians from Clarksburg mobilized to tackle the issue of homelessness once the pandemic highlighted the vulnerability faced by the homeless who could not shelter in place. Advocates came together to get people off the streets and into motel rooms paid for by nonprofits and organized by local government. The city looked 40 miles away, to the achievements of Morgantown, which was able to bring together different sectors to keep people off the streets. Immediate goals of keeping people safe from the virus are part of a long-term plan to create housing and provide mental and physical health services.

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