Reimagining Interim Housing: Transforming our Approaches to Sheltering People
The guidance and recommendations of people with lived expertise of homelessness, and the lessons learned throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, make it clear that we must create and seize opportunities to transform our approaches to sheltering people experiencing homelessness. The Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response partners have been implementing a Reimagining Interim Housing project to support communities to pursue such transformation and are now releasing two new documents to help shape and inform communities efforts:
Reimagining Interim Housing: Stages and Action Areas for Transforming Approaches to Sheltering People Experiencing Homelessness
This document provides recommended approaches to transformation across three Stages and six Action Areas – with a sustained and leading focus throughout on racial justice and equity and on seeking and following the guidance of people with lived expertise and people in direct service roles. (See also a Summary Slide Deck.)
Tools for Strengthening Current Interim Housing Programs and Services (Supplement)
This supplemental document presents existing documents, guidance, and tools that people and organizations can use, right now, in support of strengthening critical elements of programs.
If you’d like more information about the Reimagining Interim Housing project, please contact matthewdoherty.consulting@gmail.com.