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  • Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission

    October 20, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles County’s Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HOME) program uses street psychiatry to get psychiatric medication to people experiencing homelessness in an effort to get them a step closer to housing. The HOME team has 223 full-time staff members and served 1,919 people last year, 22% of whom ended the year housed.

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  • Europe wants to erase homelessness. Housing First can be the key

    October 14, 2024 |

    Radijo Stotis FM99 |

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    Response Location: Finland, Oulu

    European cities like Oulu and Turin are adopting the housing-first model to reduce homelessness and extreme poverty. They focus on providing people experiencing homelessness with a permanent place to live first and then address other needs they may have.

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  • Austin's Rapid Rehousing Program, Explained

    September 04, 2024 |

    The Austin Common |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Austin’s Rapid Rehousing Program offers up to two years of rent assistance for people exiting homelessness alongside other support services that help connect them to the resources they need.

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  • Is Housing First a cure for homelessness?

    August 27, 2024 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Housing First model focuses on helping people experiencing homelessness to find stable housing and meet their basic needs before addressing anything else. It's taking off in cities across the United States.

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  • Solving Homelessness In Austin: Rapid Rehousing

    August 08, 2024 |

    The Austin Common |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Rapid Rehousing Program in Austin, Texas, provides people exiting homelessness with rent support for up to two years, tapering the amount down over time. A community group called Vocal-TX is bringing people in the program together to elevate their voices and propose improvements.

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  • Denver gave more than 800 people up to $12K to find housing. See what happened a year later

    July 29, 2024 |

    CNN |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project gave no-strings-attached funding to people experiencing homelessness, with some participants receiving $1,000 per month, some receiving a lump sum of $6,500 followed by $500 monthly payments, and some receiving $50 per month. After one year, almost half of the participants had found stable housing, and research showed that the program likely saved the city nearly half a million dollars in costs for services like ambulance rides and shelter stays.

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  • Nonprofit Fund Raises Private Dollars To Buy Affordable Housing – Before Private Equity Does

    July 26, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    The housing and homelessness nonprofit Community Solutions raised $135 million in private capital to create a fund to buy housing properties and keep them permanently affordable. It promises investors modest returns and looks to buy properties in good condition close to necessary services like grocery stores and health care.

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  • Who Wichita can look to as it sketches out plan for homeless center

    July 24, 2024 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Multiagency centers such as Haven for Hope in San Antonio address homelessness by offering shelter and access to key resources under one roof, with 77 agencies collaborating to help connect clients to services. Last fiscal year, Haven for Hope served nearly 9,500 people, and the city has seen a decrease in unsheltered homelessness, though homelessness overall continues to increase.

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  • Alhambra neighbors work together to help those less fortunate

    June 20, 2024 |

    KNXV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Volunteers and neighborhood residents gather at the Alhambra Beloved Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona, each week to provide meals, showers, and a place to get out of the summer heat to people who need it.

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  • An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here's what happened.  

    June 19, 2024 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project provided people experiencing homelessness with no-strings-attached monthly stipends that they could spend however they’d like. At the end of the pilot, twice as many participants were in stable housing, more of them were working full time, and the nights that participants spent in shelters decreased by half.

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