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In case one needed more evidence that Housing First is a failure with catastrophic results, please read the attached article. Housing First is two things: 1. a repositioning from a continuum of options for all people to PSH for chronically homelessness only and 2. an eligibility screen that excludes children & PREVENTS PREVENTION and early intervention. We can - we must - restore the Awardwinning Continuum of Care.

There's still time to give on this #GivingTuesday, and we are humbly making our biggest ask of the day. For our Dayspring family, the distance to safety and warmth is you. #GivingTuesday is a day that will help us continue providing food, shelter, and life-altering programmatic support to the families at Dayspring. With your help, we can continue to provide emergency shelter to over 150 families in crisis. Our emergency shelter operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Families seeking assistance are typically at a crisis stage. While the bare necessities of food, clothing and shelter are of critical importance, Dayspring’s experienced case managers work with each family to develop a plan to help them address the underlying issues of their homelessness. When families are stabilized and ready to leave the emergency shelter facility, Dayspring services continue through the Follow-up Care Program. We are here to help homeless families not only access emergency shelter at a crisis stage, but to provide the tools and resources to become independent families again. On this #GivingTuesday, please give what you can. Homelessness hurts, especially the children. Your gift can truly change a life. #communitymakesthedifference #intentionalgiving

Today, as a record 89,000 New Yorkers (including 33,000 children) are in shelters, more than 379,000 households (including over 375,000 children) are in rental arrears and at risk of homelessness. The solution is clear; the average per household arrears of $3,300 is a fraction of the $100,000 per household cost of shelter. The most impactful and cost-effective step to ending homelessness is preventing it.  

Definitely take a look at this article to learn more about what we need to get a low-barrier homeless shelter in Pensacola!

“Becoming homeless is a contingent event . . . not one that’s inevitable or irreversible.” Don’t miss our National President John Berry’s latest op-ed on SVdP’s groundbreaking solutions to the nation’s homelessness crisis. https://ow.ly/i5B450RvOJX It’s painful to recognize that neighbors often become homeless simply because of temporary money shortfalls. But it’s also inspiring — because it means that PREVENTING homelessness is often as easy as giving one-time assistance to pay a bill or make rent. As President Berry details in his article, SVdP chapters around the country run programs that are producing amazing results in preventing homelessness in their communities. He writes: “As more Americans realize the severity of our homelessness crisis, we have a tremendous opportunity to work together to restore stability and dignity to neighbors living on the brink.” To learn more about how you can join this lifesaving work, visit https://ow.ly/Z1lJ50RvOJU

This November we are recognizing #HomelessnessAwarenessMonth, by sharing important statistics that reflect the local homelessness crisis here in our own community. In Dutchess County, 1,276 households and 1,622 individuals sought support, facing an average of 240 days of homelessness. This means that for more than half of the a year, individuals and families will grapple with the harsh realities of life without a stable home. These statistics remind us of the urgent need for action. It's not just about raising awareness; it's about working to create real, lasting change. Hudson River Housing works everyday providing shelter, housing services, and affordable housing solutions for housing insecure members of our community. Together, we can help shorten the duration of homelessness and make a lasting impact in the lives of those in need. Join us this Homeless Awareness Month in advocating for change. Let's ensure that everyone has a safe and secure place to call home, not just for a few months, but for a lifetime.

How do you end homelessness? First you need to see it, then listen to those who are or have experienced it, and then take action by including those people who have become expert through experience of homelessness. The principle of ‘nothing about us, without us’ should guide what you do next. For too many, homelessness is something you might walk past in city or town centres, but rough sleeping and street homelessnes is just the tip of an enormous iceberg of undeclared homelessness, floating in a sea of sofa surfing! We will need to be more radical, if we are to truly end homelessness in all its forms. This is why we created the Radical Housing Conference, to bring people who are taking action to deliver safe, civil, low-Carbon affordable homes for people in Housing need. We’re delighted to have Kate Farrell, Head of Housing Supply Strategy at Crisis give a keynote at Agile Homes Radical Housing Conference on the 12th & 13th of October! Joining Kate will be: Peter Merrifield CEO at SWIM: Support When It Matters Libby Eastley of Places for People And many more! Bringing between them lived experience of homelessness, storytelling and practical strategies and action in delivering reduction in homelessness in their day to day work. This conference follows quickly on from the recent publication of the Legislative Review for Ending Homelessness in Wales published by Crisis this week. The Welsh Assembly Government’s ambition to end homelessness in Wales will need creativity, determination and innovation! The Radical Housing Conference brings all three of these together in one place! Join us in person or online at: https://lnkd.in/gsrdnrTb Are you a Housing Radical? Centre for Homelessness Impact Shelter UK Peter Mackie Liz Grieve Ashleigh Stevens Sam Parry Clarissa Corbisiero Katie Dalton Emily James Jennie Bibbings Nazia Azad Welsh Local Government Association - Partnership Support Unit Design Commission for Wales Carole-Anne Davies Matt Downie MBE Jon Sparkes OBE Homeless Link Homeless Children's Network Centrepoint St Mungo's The Big Issue

If you are a shelter provider funded by the department of housing in Rhode Island and are not operating with housing first principles, you ought to have your funding taken away. When shelters require people to be abstinent from substances, have their mental and behavioral health in check (without actually offering those services), conduct random room searches, or require daily showers in order to remain a shelter participant, you are doing so much harm to the community you serve. Housing is a human right and shelter should not be contingent on living by a provider's personal recovery philosophy or standards. If the Rhode Island Department of Housing continues to fund these programs, we are going to continue to see our unsheltered communities experience additional trauma (including death). I am over it with this bullshit (looking at you, Stephan) #housingisahumanright #housingisharmreduction

The Wallich fully supports laws which make life better for renters, people vulnerably housed or experiencing homelessness. We categorically do not want to see the Renting Homes Act scrapped. BUT unintended consequences of the legislation must be addressed by Welsh Government. On the White Paper proposals, we believe it’s a good start but should go further. Legislation change alone will not solve all the issues the sector is facing but it will remove arbitrary barriers that perpetuate homelessness and make life harder for people experiencing it. Read our full blog on where we stand in the forthcoming policy debates about proposals to tackle homelessness in Wales: Opinion – Legislation will help people, but not the system struggling to support them: https://lnkd.in/eXzDwvRT Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government Julie James Cymorth Cymru