Street Sense Solutions

Creating action through empathy.

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[City of Phoenix, AZ @CityofPhoenixAZ]

Today #PHX invited media to tour the new Community Court, which will provide long-term solutions and services for people experiencing homelessness as an alternative path to the traditional criminal justice system. #PHXSolutions

More in the #PHXNewsroom: https://t.co/3flC5wc9u9

[Sen. Analise Ortiz (@senanaliseortiz.bsky.social) @SenAnaliseOrtiz]

This legislative session, we will consider new proposals to address the increase of community members experiencing homelessness. In today’s @azcentral, @shikemore and I break down three aspects that are necessary to any meaningful solutions. https://t.co/mjxefnUhoc

[Sarah Saadian @SarahSaadian]

Who else got up at 3am to read the final FY23 spending bill? I'm glad I did because HUD received significant funding increases compared to last year - about $6.5B more (depending on what you're looking at). NLIHC's analysis will be out soon, but here's a preview.

[Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) @COCoalition]

Affordable, quality housing options are crucial to individual health and building healthy communities. Homelessness is associated with a 17.5-year reduction in life expectancy.
Learn more, https://t.co/w9f1FoTgwj
@OppStartsatHome @NLIHC @HealthierColo

[CSH @CSHInfo]

It's #WorldHomelessnessDay2022. Every person deserves a safe, affordable place to call home. Yet, the United Nations estimates that 1.3 billion people are living in inadequate housing. If we work together, we can craft solutions that address homelessness and advance equity.

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

Have you ever heard the idea that people experiencing homelessness “don’t want to work” or they should “just get a job?”

The truth is that many do.
https://t.co/QZTuEZNRu7

[Diane Yentel @dianeyentel]

Last year, the region saw an unprecedented 339 heat deaths. This year is on track to be the deadliest yet. Advocates say the real concern is not that Arizona has too much hot weather, but that it doesn't have enough homes. https://t.co/HGHDhHYnls

[Diane Yentel @dianeyentel]

Step 1: Implement local zoning laws, make it nearly impossible to build apartments

Step 2: Watch rents rise, increasingly crushing lowest income people

Step 3: Complain that more people are becoming homeless

Step 4: Criminalize people who are homeless.

[Keys to Change @KeysToChangeAZ]

Flexing and adapting services is a lesson learned through the pandemic. Living unsheltered and unhoused on the streets is challenging, to say the least. With a lack of public facilities, the need for hygiene services is high. 🚰 🚿🧼🚽💧

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[Daniel Gonzalez @azdangonzalez]

How redling remains a discriminatory practice in South Phoenix, by @catherinereagor and @megataros. https://t.co/C64plQuWo9

[Morrison Institute @MorrisonASU]

"Almost 11,000 homeless people live in Arizona. Almost 2,000 of them have chronic substance abuse issues, and more than 1,700 are seriously mentally ill." Read more in @asunews about Morrison Institute's latest background report for @AzTownHall: https://t.co/7r0bpfQ6oy

[Jen Loving @jenloving23]

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[Home Matters to Arizona @homemattersaz]

The next round of Fund applications is now open! This round of applications can be used to request a grant, a loan or both. Click the link below to apply. #HomeMattersAZ

https://t.co/uM1bfLH80N

[Diane Yentel @dianeyentel]

❗️Now availabile❗️

The Advocates Guide 2022: NLIHC’s resource on virtually every federal affordable housing program and policy pertaining to low-income people.

Read: https://t.co/At3yztspvc

[King County Regional Homelessness Authority @KingCoRHA]

Homelessness is a whole of community issue that requires a whole of community response—that's why we want to bring our entire community together, center the voices of people with lived experience, and move out of analysis and towards action. https://t.co/cYVJseyqwZ

[Your KJZZ Community @yourkjzz]

Arizona is short of 505,000 housing units. As a human services planner for @MAGregion, Katie Gentry is trying to find ways to bring the right resources to the table for more affordable housing. UnAffordable podcast: https://t.co/0H9jsnMiWc.

Produced by @maddie_mulv.

[Community Solutions @cmtysolutions]

“When we focus on equity in systems, it can result in an improved experience for everybody… These 4 indicators have to be treated as a bundle of measures that folks are digging into together.” – Aras Jizan, Portfolio Lead, @BuiltforZero speaking at @TheIHI.

[HearArizona @heararizona]

Arizona is short of 505,000 housing units. As a human services planner for @MAGregion, Katie Gentry is trying to find ways to bring the right resources to the table for more affordable housing. UnAffordable podcast: https://t.co/Sbripgv66B.

Supported by @pulliamtrust.