NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) invite advocates nationwide to join our special four-part webinar series on homelessness and Housing First. Decades of learning, experience, and research have proven that Housing First is the most effective approach for ending homelessness. Housing First recognizes that affordable and accessible homes are the foundation on which people thrive, and by combining housing with access to supportive services, Housing First can help people exit homelessness and live stably in their communities. Register for the new series at: https://bit.ly/3vIbn5o
Urgent action is needed at all levels of government to end America’s housing and homelessness crisis. In communities across the nation, however, some misguided policymakers are responding to this crisis by advancing dangerous rhetoric and harmful, dehumanizing measures that will make it even harder for people to exit homelessness.
It is critical that advocates nationwide are unified in pushing back against stigmatizing and counterproductive efforts that seek to criminalize homelessness, impose punitive requirements, and even prevent the development of affordable housing.
During the series, we will hear from experts about the emerging threats facing people experiencing homelessness, proven strategies to successfully end homelessness and advance housing justice, and ways advocates and people with lived experience can work together to take action. As our communities struggle with soaring inflation, skyrocketing rents, increased evictions, and, in many cases, more homelessness, it is more important than ever that advocates work together to advance the bold policies and anti-racist reforms needed to ensure stable, affordable, and accessible homes for all people experiencing and at risk of homelessness.
The first webinar, “Emerging Threats Facing People Experiencing Homelessness,” will be held on Monday, August 15. The second webinar, “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” will be held on Monday, August 29. The third webinar, “Long-Term Solutions and Successful Strategies,” will be held on Monday, September 12. The final webinar, “How to Address Unsheltered Homelessness,” will be held on Monday, September 28. Each webinar in the four-part series will take place from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET.
Register for the four-part series on homelessness and Housing First at: https://bit.ly/3vIbn5o
Read more about Housing First at: https://bit.ly/3vHf8YR
Take action during the August congressional recess using this toolkit: https://bit.ly/3d8XNSd