EAH Housing discusses how to reduce homelessness in any community, and the detriments it presents to those who are suffering from homelessness. Part 1 of 2.

1. REDUCING
HOMELESSNESS
IN YOUR
COMMUNITY,
PART 1
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2. IT IS A FAMILIAR
NUMBER AT THIS POINT
referenced in countless articles across the internet and
periodicals, but unfortunately, the number has yet to
decrease: More than half a million people in the United
States experience homelessness on any given night. Helping
one family or person at a time will not be enough to put a
stop to the problem altogether.
There are four components to finding a solution to
homelessness, and it’s not all cut and dry, either. Housing,
services, social connectedness, and prevention all play a
role, and overlap in the process.
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3. THERE ARE FOUR
components to finding a solution to homelessness, and it’s
not all cut and dry, either. Housing, services, social
connectedness, and prevention all play a role, and overlap in
the process.
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4. FIRST AND FOREMOST,
as mentioned, is housing. More than a quarter of the United
States’ homeless population resides in California alone,
almost 554,000 as of the end of 2017. Many of these people
are members of your community — senior citizens, in
particular, are a rising demographic because of the
exponential cost of housing. Ordinary people from all walks
of life find themselves homeless and needing affordable
shelter, for a myriad of reasons.
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5. LONG-TERM
resident stability is essential to ending homelessness.
Shelters are not a long-term answer. They often cannot be
used as a permanent address, and many shelters don’t allow
outside belongings, which adds to the sense of overall
instability. A shelter may be a brief, but welcome reprieve
from the elements, but it isn’t a permanent home to the
people staying there. E A H H O U S I N G . O R G

6. A PERMANENT
RESIDENCE
leads to a more stable life, and a more stable life reduces
things such as emergency care visits or repeat
hospitalizations for those who need regimens for chronic
illness medications, those struggling with substance abuse
or anxiety, or even those fighting preventable diseases such
as diabetes and high blood pressure.
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7. STAY TUNED FOR PART
2
For more information on affordable housing, visit EAH Housing's
website at EAHHousing.org
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