10-Year Strategy to End Homelessness

The acute deprivation, desperation, and chaos inherent in homelessness destabilize the lives of individuals and also communities. In restoring shelter and intactness to the lives of placeless residents we also restore the health of our communities. This is a crisis that truly confronts every neighborhood from the beaches of Santa Monica and Long Beach to the suburban valleys. And it is a crisis that we can end.This strategy to end homelessness grows out of seven guiding principles.1. Prevent homelessness.2. Maintain existing capacity to serve homeless residents and build new capacity where it is needed.3. Address the structural causes of homelessness.4. Ensure rapid reconnection with housing for people who become homeless.5. Bring homeless residents into the mainstream of society.6. Respect the individualized nature of problems that make people homeless and the need for individual solutions.7. Call on all communities to participate fairly in helping homeless residents