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