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Bringing
Housing First
to Your
Community
Team:
Dan Ben-Horin, Evan Carver,
Matt Farrar, Dylan Grabowski,
Annalisa McDaniel, Kara
Silbernagel, Phillip Supino
Professor Bruce Goldstein
Agenda
Introduction: Why Housing First?National OrganizationsCase Study Takeaways: How to Win Friends and Influence People Location, Location, Location Go Slow to Go Fast Have Lots of Meetings Make New Friends but Keep the Old
ConclusionWorld Café
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Developed in the early 1990s in New York Alternative to the traditional “continuum of care” model
Places chronically homeless individuals directly into permanent housing.
Our research can be applied to future Housing First facility siting in Boulder.
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Why Housing First?
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National Models
Case Studies
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Case Studies
Building Coalitions
Public
(Government Agencies)
Non-Profits
(e.g., Church Groups)
Quasi-Public
(Spurred by Public Initiative)
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Win Friends…
Political Support
U.S. & State Representatives
City Council Mayor
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…and Influence People
ClevelandOH
MinneapolisMN
DenverCO
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“The Housing First Initiative is a program that deserves strong support."Matt Zone,Cleveland City Council, Ward 15
Governor John Hickenlooper, State Representative Crisanta Duran, and State Senator Betty Boyd at the opening of Renaissance Uptown.
Political Support cont.
Locational Context
Centralized Facilities
Distributed Facilities
Isolated Location
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Location, Location, Location
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Cleveland, OH
Distributed Locations
Permanent Supportive Housing Locations
Housing First Scattered Sites – 58 units throughout Cuyahoga County
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Centralized Location
Portland, OR
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Remote Location
Portland, ME
Community Engagement
It’s Never
Too Early
Be Transparent
Empower Champions
...but Know
When to Cut Bait
Engage the Opposition...
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Go Slow to Go Fast
Collaborative Processes
Follow-Up
The Beginning
The Middle (Design & Advocacy)
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Have Lots of Meetings…
Cleveland, OH
Denver, CO Portland, ME
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Ensure collaboration is:• Meaningful• Long-lasting
…Then Go Out For Drinks
Long-Term Agreements
Community Benefits
Agreement
Good Neighbor
Agreement
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Make New Friends, But Keep the Old
Portland OR
MinneapolisMN
DenverCO
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Make New Friends. The Process
Bring Everyone to
the Table
Include both experts and laypeople
Ensure real, collaborative
input
Sign
Agreement
Maintain and Revisit
Agreement Regularly
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Agreements usually address:
Communication
•Open avenues for expressing concerns, both current and future
•List of key contacts to address these concerns
Property
•Maintaining clean and attractive facility
•Community ownership (both resident and clients)
Safety
•Safety for surrounding residents
•Safety for clients
•24-hour surveillance
Engagement
•Engaging Housing First Residents in community events
•Advisory Committees with diverse representation
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Best Practices “Takeaways”
• The Coalition Matters• Location Matters• The Tortoise beats the Hare• Engage and Collaborate with the Community• Long-term supporters are just as important as
new ones
World Café
Conclusion