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🚫🛌 Arrests and fines don’t solve homelessness — they extend it. Let’s focus on proven solutions instead. 💡🏠
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
goes before
#SCOTUS
on April 22.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
Learn more: ⚖️🗓️
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Homelessness is a matter of life and death, of racial justice, of the devastating impact of this pandemic. It is a bellwether for our society's values. Today,
@MacFound
#100andChange
reaffirmed that it is a problem that can and must be solved. 🧵 (1/8)
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🚫 Penalizing homelessness worsens the problem.
#SCOTUS
’s decision on
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
matters ⚖️
We need housing solutions, not fines.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
🏘️
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What is at stake if we don’t solve homelessness? Homelessness reflects deep, irreparable harm to individuals, communities, and society.
This
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
, let’s recognize what’s at stake and possible 🏠💪
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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What is at stake if we don't solve homelessness? Here's what Diandra and Shana from
@voami
had to say.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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This week
@POTUS
requested $3.6 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants for FY23, an increase of $363 million.
@RepMaxineWaters
has fought for this and housing and homelessness investments in the House-passed Build Back Better Act. We applaud her ongoing work to end homelessness.
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Criminalization doesn’t solve homelessness — it only makes it harder to escape. The good news is that there are alternatives to arresting people that communities can act on now.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
Learn more about
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
+ get involved:
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🚀 On 4/22,
#SCOTUS
will hear
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
, a case that will determine whether the U.S. will be a country that fines or arrests people for experiencing homelessness or a country that invests in solutions. Join our Twitter storm from 11am-2pm ET as we pool our collective…
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The evidence is clear: when we reduce and end homelessness, everyone benefits.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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The stories we tell shape the actions we take. This moment demands that we get the story of homelessness right. The costs associated with it are immeasurable — but homelessness is not inevitable🏠
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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🚨 Today is
#WorldHomelessnessDay
! 🚨
We refuse to remain silent. It's time for a stronger, more accurate narrative on homelessness. Join us as we raise our voices together!
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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We are proud and humbled to announce that
@CmtySolutions
and
@BuiltForZero
have been selected as the awardee of
@MacFound
#100andChange
competition. This $100M grant aims to accelerate measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time. (2/8)
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📣 Spread the word:
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
! Check out our action toolkit and help us spread the word this
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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“The best way for local elected official to address homelessness is to provide them with a place to call home.” —
@AlderSonnier
, St. Louis Seventh Ward Alderwoman
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
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We are honored and humbled to announce that
@MacFound
has selected
@CmtySolutions
as one of 6 finalists for their
#100andChange
competition. The winner will receive a $100 million grant to solve a critical problem of our time:
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Can you imagine living in a community that has solved homelessness? The truth is, you don’t have to imagine it, because the 100+
@BuiltForZero
communities we work with every day are proving it’s possible — one population at a time.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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Solving homelessness takes:
💬 A shared vision.
🤝🏻 Collaboration.
🏘️ Housing solutions.
⚙️ Reimagined systems.
📉 Real-time data.
❤️🩹 Empathy.
🙌 All of us.
Take action on
#WorldHomelessnessDay
👉
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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🚨
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
begins NOW! 🚨
We are taking this entire week to foster hope and demand for the right action to prove that
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
.
Join us:
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⏰It’s time to tell the truth about homelessness.
Join us over the next four days as we share evidence-based resources that you can use to affirm truths about homelessness.
Take a sneak peek at the research here:
#TruthIs
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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We firmly believe homelessness cannot be ended without addressing racial inequity. Here are some of the data we’ve compiled that underpins this belief. 1/
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We look forward to continuing to work together toward a future where homelessness is rare and brief. We know the stakes and challenges we face. We also know our resolve and power to solve them together, and how far we have already come. Onward!
#100andChange
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NEW from
@GOVERNING
: A Major Effort to Link Homeless Response and Health Care
Read how five
@BuiltforZero
communities are breaking down fragmentation and sparking collaboration between homeless service and health-care providers.
@aboutKP
@TheIHI
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🚨 HOUSING NOT HANDCUFFS 🚨
Join Community Solutions,
@homeless_law
,
@NationalHomeles
, and more partners in Washington, D.C., on April 22 as
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
goes before
#SCOTUS
. 🗓️ RSVP:
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Homelessness is NOT a crime, it's a crisis! ⚖️ 🛏️
At the core of
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
is a fundamental question — should cities lacking sufficient housing and shelter be allowed to penalize those forced to sleep outdoors?
Join us in taking action:
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With rigor and data-driven solutions, we are working with communities to create a tipping point for ending
#homelessness
in the United States.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#BuiltForZero
#EndHomelessness
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In front of the Supreme Court yesterday, we symbolized the night many face without a home. Join us as we stand against arresting or ticketing homelessness and remind
#SCOTUS
that every person deserves dignity and a place to call home.
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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BREAKING: An analysis by Dr. Brendan O’Flaherty of
@Columbia
University projects a 40-45% rise in
#homelessness
based on unemployment levels. Federal policymakers must urgently address this imminent crisis in the
#COVID19
response. Find the full brief:
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It’s cruel to punish people for sleeping outside. Let’s prioritize housing, not arrests or fines!
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
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🎃 This Halloween, let's spook away one of the scariest challenges - homelessness! 👻🏠 Let's remember that everyone deserves a safe space to call home. Let's come together, raise awareness and tackle homelessness head-on! 💪🌍
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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To ensure a lasting end to homelessness, we must understand how to disrupt inflow — preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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Receiving the
@MacFound
#100AndChange
award is a testament to the results and leadership of communities in
@BuiltforZero
. You all deserve the primary credit for the progress to date — and the powerful new reality we will build together. Thank you. (4/8)
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Hennepin County, Minneapolis has reached a 14% reduction in veteran homelessness by harnessing resources and relationships! This Minnesota team continues to pursue an end to veteran homelessness by leveraging expanded resources, improving equity, and streamlining system processes
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We're thrilled that
@BuiltforZero
is listed by
@FastCompany
as one of 10 world-changing solutions that inspired the most hope in 2019! So lucky to work with 80+ communities that inspire us and redefine what's possible every day. Onward!
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BREAKING: Veterans move into 60 new permanent housing units dedicated to reducing homelessness in Detroit. 1/2
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"Homelessness is a mirror, it reflects our nation's living history of racism"
The truth about homelessness is all around us, homelessness cannot be ended without addressing racial inequity. Racism and homelessness are inextricably linked.
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Community Solutions, alongside 225 direct service providers, partners, organizations, and affiliates, has endorsed an Amicus Brief, officially filed with
#SCOTUS
on 4/3.
This brief stands in staunch support of Gloria Johnson, et al., highlighting the detrimental effects of…
Civil rights leaders, homeless activists, public health experts, faith groups, members of Congress and more all agree: we will never solve homelessness with jails and fines.
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
View the list of briefs filed in support of homeless rights:
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We are deeply grateful for
@macfound
’s commitment to solving the world's most pressing issues and its belief in us and the
@BuiltforZero
movement.
#100andChange
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🌟 Join our Twitterstorm next Monday, April 22 at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET for the
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
case! Let's rally together to demand justice and accountability. Spread the word, raise awareness, and stand up for what's right! ⚖️
Take action:
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Our Impact and Learning Report explores how communities across the U.S. are working to end homelessness.
👇 A look at how Fremont County, Colorado, used a shared aim to reach functional zero for veteran homelessness. Read more →
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🗣️📢 Spread the word:
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
!
Check out our social media toolkit and help us spread the word this
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
🏡🌍
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🗣🏡 Homelessness is a complex, life-threatening problem. It can be solved — but only if systems are designed to continually reduce and end it.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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We’re so grateful to our core partners,
@RocketMortgage
@BallmerGroup
@HomeDepotFound
@Tableau
and
@KaiserPermanente
, for all of their critical support of the
@BuiltforZero
movement.
#100AndChange
(7/8)
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Homelessness has long been a matter of life and death, racial justice, and our collective health. We’re humbled that
@MacFound
#100AndChange
has selected
@CmtySolutions
and
@BuiltForZero
as the awardee of $100M to solve such an urgent issue of our time.
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Communities are creating a future where homelessness is never inevitable or a way of life. Homelessness is
#Solvable
when we combine by-name, real-time data with a collaborative, command-center approach.
@RockefellerFdn
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BREAKING: Bakersfield/Kern County, CA is among an elite group of just 5 communities in the United States that has reached
#FunctionalZero
for chronic homelessness as a part of the
@BuiltforZero
movement. (1/7)
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📢 “UNTIL FREEDOM! Because we know freedom comes with housing justice.” —
@AmandaAndere
(left) CEO of
@funderstogether
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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There is no path to a racially equitable future that tolerates homelessness. We’re proud to join our colleagues in support of Black organizers fighting housing injustice. Read the full statement:
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📢 SPREAD THE WORD 📢
We’re having a Twitterstorm today from 12-3 p.m. ET to get the hashtags
#WorldHomelessnessDay
and
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
trending!
Are you in? 🙌
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🚨 Homelessness is not about people's choices or worth — systems make the difference. The people who experience homelessness have fallen through gaping holes in the social safety net. But systems are designed by people — and they can be redesigned.
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We still remember how shocked we were to learn we were a finalist for the
@macfound
#100andChange
award. But it was the most humbling when we realized the extraordinary company of organizations we were standing with.
Check out the work of our inspiring fellow finalists:
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🚫 Lacking shelter and homes, yet facing fines for sleeping outside? That’s what’s at stake in
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
. This summer,
#SCOTUS
decides — can cities fine people for sleeping outside if there are no shelters or enough homes available?
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#JohnsonVGrantsPass
puts the spotlight on the critical issue of penalizing homelessness. Arresting & fining people for sleeping on the streets is ineffective and distracts from real solutions like those we see working in communities across the country ➡️
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We're grateful that receiving the
@macfound
#100andChange
award gave us the opportunity to be in the company of an extraordinary group of organizations working to solve some of the most urgent issues of our time.
Explore the work of our inspiring fellow finalists:
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🗣️ Communities are proving it does not have to be this way. Cities and counties are demonstrating that these systems can be fixed, and homelessness can be solved.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
Learn more:
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"Homelessness is not an inevitability...individual cities are reducing, and even ending, homelessness, showing it need not necessarily be an issue that is too complex, too big or too intractable ever to be solved."
#BuiltforZero
(via
@Guardian
)
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People experiencing homelessness face significant obstacles, which include a lack of health insurance and financial constraints. They must also contend with competing priorities, such as finding food and shelter, which often take precedence over health.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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Thank you
@timrichter
and
@CAEHomelessness
!! We feel so incredibly lucky to have you as a partner in this global movement, to learn from and to push forward with. 🇨🇦🌎
‼️🚨Incredible news for our partners
@cmtysolutions
who’ve been awarded a $100 million grant to end homelessness in 75 US communities in 5 years!🚨‼️
This is richly deserved recognition for their pioneering work that has sparked a global movement
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This past week,
@cmtysolutions
staff gathered in Atlanta for a week of team building, goal setting, and joy. Here's a look at the team leading the
@BuiltforZero
movement to solve homelessness.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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Thank you for your support of this movement for nearly a decade!
@cmtysolutions
@BuiltforZero
@macfound
Congratulations! We are proud to be partners in this powerful movement to create a future where homelessness is rare and brief.
#100andChange
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“In a year that we all have experienced the fragility of life, our interdependence, and the call for racial equity, ending homelessness is truly an idea whose time has come.”
We're grateful to be the awardee of
@macfound
#100AndChange
(via
@NatGeo
):
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@timrichter
summarizes his call to
#endhomelessness
this way: “It just makes sense.” As CEO of
@CAEHomelessness
, he works to solve homelessness with communities across Canada using the
@BuiltforZero
approach.
Read the full article by
@KelownaCourier
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Homelessness is a result of vulnerable populations colliding with broken systems. Cities and counties are demonstrating that these systems CAN be fixed, and homelessness CAN be solved.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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Like so many others, we want to share our admiration, affection and deep appreciation for Nan Roman and her leadership at
@naehomelessness
. Her wisdom, partnership and dedication to ending homelessness has moved our collective progress forward.
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🏳️🌈 Today, we join
@truecolorsunite
in celebrating
#TrueColorsDay
, an international day of advocacy around preventing and ending LGBTQ+ youth homelessness and honoring those dedicated to ensuring safe housing for all. 🏠💖🌈
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
➡️
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Some of best work on homelessness has happened in L.A. Good to learn from partners
@HomeForGoodLA
+LAHSA!
#readyforzero
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@G10Gemini
In short, homelessness is the result of systems failing individuals — the solution lies in fixing these systems so they are designed to continuously end homelessness for all populations.
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Don't miss the first episode of
@pushkinpods
#Solvable
, focused on solutions to the world's most daunting problems. Our Rosanne Haggerty speaks with
@gladwell
about how homelessness is not just solvable, but being solved by communities across the country
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Homelessness is complex, and it is solvable. Communities are proving we can fix & reimagine community systems so that homelessness never has to become an inevitable or inescapable. Join us.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
@BuiltForZero
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Communities across the country have proven it is possible to measurably reduce and end homelessness — but only when quality, real-time data is guiding the way.
The
@nytopinion
agrees: now is the time for the federal government to require this everywhere
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Homes are to homelessness what vaccines are to ending a disease: essential, but not enough without a system that can keep delivering the cure. Explore our
@MacFound
#100andChange
plan to help communities create powerful systems that end homelessness.
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Why focus on homelessness? Why now? Research indicates that people experiencing homelessness are up to 11.5 times more likely to die than the general population. Source:
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It passed the House! Now it’s time for the Senate to show their commitment to ensuring families have
#RentReliefNow
The House is voting on the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020” (H.R. 7301) TODAY! Contact your Member of Congress to tell them we need
#RentReliefNow
.
Find your Member of Congress' phone # to make your call today:
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#JohnsonVGrantsPass
puts the spotlight on the critical issue of penalizing homelessness. Stand with us for change.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
Learn more:
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We’re deeply grateful that
@MacFound
is investing in the movement to end homelessness in America. This
#100andChange
award comes at an extraordinary time, when the stakes for those experiencing homelessness, and our country, have never been higher. (5/8)
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📽️ Go take 5 minutes, 40 seconds to watch this powerful video featuring conversations between people experiencing homelessness and
@hardlynormal
of
@invisiblepeople
.
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
@nytopinion
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In their commitment to a future where no one gets trapped in the cycle of homelessness,
@HomeDepotFound
surprised 58 veterans at our
@JJKCResidence
with rental assistance. Thank you so much for your continued support to help
#EndHomelessness
:
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We're proud for our very own
@JessVen2011
to be a fellow in this important work. Thank you
@policylink
for bringing together catalysts in housing justice as the third cohort of Ambassadors for Health Equity.
#AHE2021
Health equity is central to a just society, and it doesn’t just happen in hospitals. Our 2021 Ambassadors for Health Equity are working toward health equity through housing justice, we hope you learn more about their critical work.
#AHE2021
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🏛 As oral arguments unfolded inside the courtroom yesterday, we were outside the Supreme Court amplifying the voices of those directly impacted by
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#HousingNotHandcuffs
@homeless_law
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#Tinyhouse
built by
@TaskRabbit
taskers on its way to new owner! +$25k proceeds will support our work!
#atinytask
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We’re honored to be one of six finalists for
@MacFound
#100andChange
competition, an amazing group in pursuit of real, measurable change on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
@CHAI_health
@NatGeo
@ProjectECHO
@Report4America
@wmpglobal
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Everybody should have the opportunity to create the future they deserve in a place they can call home.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#HomelessPersonsMemorialDay
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A policy brief from the
@BUonCities
developed in partnership with
@CornellMPH
&
@cmtysolutions
examines the homelessness plans from America’s 100 largest cities.
@GOVERNING
features this research & what cities can learn from it
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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OUT NOW: 2021 was an important year for the
@BuiltforZero
movement. Check out the progress communities made, the partnerships that made it possible, and what we learned.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
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Communities across the country are demonstrating that
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
when they take a systems approach to measurably and equitably ending homelessness. 🤝
🏘️ See how communities in the
@BuiltforZero
movement are solving homelessness.
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🏡🌎🤝 By reimagining systems, prioritizing racial equity, and leaving no one behind, we are witnessing the power of collective action through
@BuiltforZero
communities.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
Learn more about Built for Zero:
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.
@DeptVetAffairs
Sec has issued directive for all VA med center directors to sit down w local providers.
#NAEH15
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It's time for "a coordinated, well-resourced federal approach to homelessness data that moves the field away from an annual snapshot and enables every community in America to know everyone experiencing homelessness by name and in real time."
@rianwatt
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Every day, we're working to create a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind. We envision a more equitable society where homelessness is never inevitable, inescapable, or a way of life.
#WorldHomelessDay
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#WorldHomelessnessWeek
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