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  • 3 cities in the U.S. have ended chronic homelessness: Here's how they did it

    March 11, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Abilene

    The national program Built for Zero is aiming to end veteran and chronic homelessness by using a comprehensive data set that allows for tracking of the homelessness situation day-by-day, along with a Housing First approach that emphasizes getting people into permanent housing before offering services for other issues. The work is spreading across the country, with more than 50 cities implementing some version of the same solution, although there are concerns for the privacy of people experiencing homelessness, as well as the sustainability of the solution.

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  • Hub and spoke approach helps battle opioid addiction in New Hampshire

    March 03, 2019 |

    The Nashua Telegraph |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashua, New Hampshire

    The hub-and-spoke model allows local partners to provide individuals with access to resources earmarked specifically for opioid addiction treatment. The system of care, which uses regional clinics and non-profits as access points to treatment, has already proven effective in Vermont. Currently, a similar program is assisting individuals suffering from opioid addiction receive the help they need through entry points at nonprofits like The Doorway office at Harbor Homes.

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  • What if the future of housing means accepting that a home isn't permanent?

    February 27, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Modified shipping containers can offer a solution for housing shortages. In London, QED Properties and ISO Spaces partnered together to create The Hope Gardens, a temporary housing arrangement for Londoners facing homelessness. The units provide space for those awaiting permanent housing. The modular homes are easily constructed and help to keep people off of the streets.

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  • What Denver can learn from homelessness policies in other states

    February 27, 2019 |

    KUSA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    In Denver, residents and city officials are learning about how to better strategize to reduce chronic homelessness by following Utah's example - and learning from its failures. Utah's inability to sustain the investments in Housing First approaches that helped them to dramatically reduce the numbers of people experiencing chronically homelessness in the first place has caused those numbers to almost double, a warning to cities like Denver searching for solutions.

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  • How New Orleans Reduced Its Homeless Population By 90 Percent

    February 19, 2019 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The city of New Orleans has managed to reduce homelessness by 90% since 2007, when a count showed more than 11,600 people were experiencing homelessness. Their strategy is deceptively simple - they gathered an outreach team, worked to create a rental assistance fund, and used a Housing First approach; other cities are following suit, creating new leaders in reaching effective homelessness.

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  • Let's Talk Ideas For Ending Homelessness

    February 07, 2019 |

    KUNM |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Across New Mexico, organizations and local governments are working to address homelessness. This podcast outlines multiple initiatives, including ones to make a winter shelter open all year round and a program geared towards students experiencing homelessness.

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  • The city with no homeless on its streets

    January 31, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Local UK governments look to Helsinki, Finland as an example of a city that has nearly eradicated homeless by offering people on the streets free housing, unconditionally. While often drug use and alcoholism persists in these communities, Helsinki officials see housing as the first step to recovery. What can UK cities learn from Finland, where the number of rough sleepers has fallen dramatically?

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  • How This Country Has Solved Homelessness

    January 30, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Finland

    In Finland, homelessness has been largely perceived as eradicated through its pilot of the now internationally recognized concept of Housing First, where people experiencing homelessness are offered safe, stable and permanent housing without the requirement of intensive services first. "Between 2008 and 2015, the number of people experiencing long-term homelessness dropped by 35 percent," a number that many countries are trying to replicate.

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  • How Houston Has Virtually Ended Homelessness Among Veterans

    January 30, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston

    Houston is a leader in ending veteran homelessness, with "an engaged police unit, a seasoned group of social and policy workers, and a city looking to innovate and improve," but that success has not scaled successfully to dealing with all chronic homelessness in the city. To truly solve chronic homelessness, Houston has found that it needs to build relationships with those experiencing homelessness to understand what specific services they need to stay housed.

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  • What can Seattle learn from cities where homelessness has dropped?

    January 24, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Cities that have had the largest decreases in homelessness in the past five years, including New Orleans, Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Virginia Beach, have implemented a variety of approaches. Now, other cities are taking note and learning which might work for their specific situation.

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