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  • Portland had the guts to find safe sites for its homeless. Does Sacramento?

    July 31, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In response to managing the homeless crisis, several Safe Rest Villages have emerged throughout the city. These are small, individual units on city-owned land, separate from nearby neighborhoods. There are currently seven active Safe Rest Villages in the city and they have created 350 transitional housing opportunities for the local homeless population.

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  • Portland drag performers raise funds at ‘Drag the House Up!'

    July 26, 2023 |

    Street Roots |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Groups like Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Black & Beyond the Binary Collective aims to provide safe, affordable housing to people in crisis — specifically members of the LGBTQ+ community. The group partners with other local organizations to raise funds through donations and events like drag shows to help address extreme rates of homelessness and housing discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. These groups have helped more than 200 people access housing in the past four years and are continuing to acquire funds to expand their services.

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  • L.A.'s new homeless solution clears camps but struggles to house people

    July 13, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Inside Safe addresses the significant homelessness crisis in the city by traveling to encampments and offering people hotel rooms to stay in where they are connected with permanent housing and other necessary resources, like mental health care. Hotel rooms provide people with a safe space to heal and rest while working with a case worker to find housing. The initiative has so far moved 1,373 people into hotel rooms and 77 of them have moved into permanent housing.

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  • Everyone's tired of homelessness in California. Are you willing to rent your extra room to help?

    July 11, 2023 |

    AfroLA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Homecoming Project helps provide housing for formerly incarcerated people by matching those in need with homeowners offering spare bedrooms. Since starting in 2018, The Homecoming Project has placed nearly 100 people in host homes and has helped those individuals connect with employment and long-term housing.

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  • A Texas city shelters nearly all homeless residents in one place. It's turning heads in California

    June 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Haven for Hope is a large, 22-acre, 1,600-person shelter that serves 85% of the city’s homeless population. It’s an all-inclusive space that provides a place to stay, as well as access to services like medical and dental care, counseling services, mental health care, childcare, job and housing assistance.

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  • Inside a Texas homeless village that inspires California replicas: Art, movies and a fishing pond

    June 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Community First! Village is a 51-acre tiny home and RV village that serves as home for 350 formerly unhoused people, providing both shelter and a sense of community and connection. The Village offers a community garden, fishing pond, game room, ceramics studio and even an outdoor movie theater. Community First! Village’s success has even been inspiring California leaders to replicate the effort in areas of the state with high rates of homelessness.

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  • How Texas shrank its homelessness population — and what it can teach California

    June 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Efforts throughout Texas to reduce homelessness are serving as inspiration for states like California, that have similar homelessness issues. From committing funding to homeless reduction programs to establishing more advanced shelters like The Navigation Center, the state recorded a 28% drop in homelessness last year and has helped several individuals transition into permanent housing.

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  • Veterans program shows way to reducing all homelessness

    April 12, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In Washington, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority distributes vouchers to veterans experiencing homelessness that they can use to pay for housing. The organization also connects veterans with local resources to help them manage the process.

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  • Tackling Rural America's 'Hidden' Housing Crisis

    March 15, 2023 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseburg, Oregon

    Organizations like the Gary Leif Navigation Center are providing housing services and support to those in need. The Gary Leif Navigation Center opened in the summer of 2022 and is a low-barrier shelter that provides 10 pods for individuals to sleep and store their belongings in. Due to increased need, plans are currently underway to expand the Center, adding an additional 30 beds.

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  • Regional Shelter Offers Opportunity for Reclaimed Lives

    February 13, 2023 |

    Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Auburn, Indiana

    Fortify Life takes a holistic approach to addressing homelessness and also provides emergency and long-term stays in a renovated motel for people experiencing homelessness. Long-term guests participate in a micropayment program that teaches them how to budget and become financially self-sufficient. Since 2021, Fortify Life has helped 179 families with emergency or transitional housing.

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