How Homelessness is Solvable with a Collective Approach

<p>Complex issues like homelessness can feel unsolvable or intractable, but that does not have to be the case. Through a commitment to a collective approach and strategies, communities can end homelessness.<br /><br />We take a deep dive into this collective approach required to solve homelessness with <strong>Community Solutions</strong>, a nonprofit that is dedicated to ending homelessness. As part of their mission, Community Solutions leads<strong> Built for Zero</strong>, a movement of more than 100 cities and counties that are applying this approach so that homelessness can be rare or brief in their regions.<br /><br />Sharing about what they learned from supporting the Built for Zero network, we talk with Community Solutions’ president<strong> Rosanne Haggerty</strong>. She details the strategies that have contributed to progress, the mindset changes that happen when you realize even the hardest problems can have a solution, and what it means when a community says, "Enough is enough. Let’s solve this."<br /><br /><strong>References and Footnotes</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://community.solutions/">Community Solutions</a></li><li><a href="https://login.builtforzero.org/">Built for Zero</a></li><li><a href="https://community.solutions/case-studies/case-study-rockford-illinois-reaches-and-sustains-functional-zero-for-veteran-and-chronic-homelessness/">Rockford, Illinois: Functional Zero Case Study</a></li></ul><p><strong>More on Collective Impact</strong></p><ul><li>Infographic: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/what-is-collective-impact/" target="_blank">What is Collective Impact?</a></li><li>Resource List: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/getting-started/" target="_blank">Getting Started in Collective Impact</a></li></ul><p>The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found <a href="https://filmmusic.io/song/5434-running/">here</a> and is licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC: By 4.0.</a></p><p>The outro music,