Published inHow to Solve HomelessnessHow ALL Homeless Systems of Care OperateOne of the biggest problems with the way we have hyper-localized the response to homelessness in this country is that as a sector /…Oct 14Oct 14
The Top Issue Preventing a Better Response to Homelessness (It’s Not the Cost of Housing or Drugs)After 15 years of working on the frontlines of the movement to end homelessness, I have gradually come to believe that our sector’s biggest…Oct 14Oct 14
Published inHow to Solve HomelessnessIt’s Possible to Solve Homelessness Even in the Worst ConditionsThis publication is premised on two simple “truths,” which have taken the better part of 15 years to learn and accept.Oct 14Oct 14
Solving Homelessness Is Complex (but also Really Simple)When I think back to my early years working on homelessness, above all else, I remember how simple I thought the solution was.Oct 14Oct 14
Does the Homeless Service Sector Have a Strategy?I recently posed a relatively simple question on Linkedin — in a sentence, what is our sector-wide strategy for ending homelessness?Feb 19A response icon1Feb 19A response icon1
The Modern Homelessness CrisisI have spent the last 12 year working to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, and after all this time, rarely a week goes by…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022
STEP: A Better Framework for Ending HomelessnessFor the last 12 years I have been working to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. During that time, which has included providing…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022
Did Homelessness Begin in 1982?I was born in 1986. Millennials like me — Americans born between approximately 1980 and 1996 — have never known a United States without…Jun 14, 2022Jun 14, 2022