Solutions Through Alternative Remedies

Practical Models to Help End Homelessness

While the causes of homelessness are complex, the lack of affordable housing and lagging incomes remain significant reasons for the growing number of homeless people in our country. Other factors include difficulty obtaining public benefits, lack of affordable healthcare, or domestic violence.

As homelessness has increased, services have decreased, and many local governments are enacting policies that criminalize being a homeless person instead of fighting homelessness itself.

This report contains numerous case studies of cities that are successfully combating homelessness through constructive and innovative means. Each example can be replicated and actually addresses the root causes of homelessness.

The areas discussed in the case studies include: alternatives to criminalization, housing programs that move people out of homelessness, improving access to housing for domestic violence victims, helping homeless children succeed in school, and helping homeless individuals obtain public benefits such as food stamps and supplemental security income.

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