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Power Sharing to End Homelessness
Our national homelessness crisis is the result of entrenched systemic failures that have deep impacts across our society. Yet, in…
6 Years Into Our Housing Journey: Where Are We Now?
In 2018, Cisco made a historic pledge and bold commitment to address homelessness in Santa Clara County. We committed $50…
The next right thing: How to respond in the face of stupid suffering
“Stupid suffering.” This is how Jen Loving, CEO of LEO partner Destination: Home, describes the housing crisis in Santa Clara County….
Changing Our Systems to Prevent Homelessness
More people than ever are at risk of homelessness nationwide. A record-breaking 22.5 million renter households are rent-burdened and just one unexpected…
In Pricey Silicon Valley, a Plan to Preempt Homelessness
No-strings-attached stipends that prevent struggling tenants from tumbling into homelessness pay off in the long run, a program in California’s Santa Clara County…
More people housed last year than ever before but we can’t keep up with the rate of people being pushed into homelessness
Our Santa Clara County Supportive Housing System achieved a major milestone in 2023 by permanently housing nearly 4,500 formerly homeless people. This is…
Homelessness Is Preventable. Ending It and Saving Lives Is a Policy Choice.
Getting everybody housed requires multiple systems to work together, tapping the collective power of state, local and federal policymakers supported…
We Cannot Solve Homelessness Without Homes
Solving homelessness is top of mind for all of us, but our community gets sidetracked building consensus on solutions. Let’s…
Do Homelessness Prevention Programs Work?
A new paper provides the first evidence from a randomized controlled trial isolating the impact of financial assistance to prevent…
