“The new River Avenue apartment building is a beautiful addition to the Bronx, but more importantly it will provide 148 supportive housing units that will enable people with mental illness to live full and productive lives in their own community. Governor Hochul’s commitment to supportive housing is providing thousands of individuals and families with the stable housing and services they need to make their way on the road to recovery.” - Dr. Ann Sullivan, OMH Commissioner Learn more about the mixed-use housing development: https://lnkd.in/egBa9me9
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Did you know? Housing is a significant contributor to mental and physical health. People with preexisting health conditions are at higher risk for homelessness, and for unsheltered homelessness specifically. The longer people remain unhoused, the more their mental and physical health declines, due to exposure to extreme temperatures, limited access to critical amenities like restrooms and resources like healthy food, increased threat of violence, and other difficulties. Together, we can continue progressing towards ending homelessness in our community and making affordable housing accessible to all. Learn more > https://lnkd.in/eP94Ky4Q
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“Excuses are monuments of nothingness, they build bridges to nowhere, those of us who use these tools of incompetence, seldom become anything but nothing at all.” - Unknown
(Adapted from Henry Beston - The Outermost House) A friendly reminder, lest we forget, or have never even known: Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys those experiencing homelessness through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a human condition magnified and the whole image in distortion. Society patronizes them for having chosen such an existence, as if anyone would ever consciously decide this particular fate for themselves. And therein society errs, and errs greatly. For homelessness is an experience that does not discriminate. It does not care who you think you are. And in that vein, the approaches used to support individuals in its experience to shift back into something more akin to stability and safety are always going to be multifaceted, as the condition demands.
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One topic my clients consistently struggle with is their loved one’s housing needs and their belongings. Talking to your loved ones about how they want to handle this subject now and after they’re gone will be a difficult conversation in most cases. A good place to start is how you want to handle it for yourself. Remember, it's never too soon. #lifesencoreplanning #olderadults #empathy #difficultconversations
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What’s the Vocab? Rapid Re-housing “Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) is a permanent housing solution emphasizing housing search and relocation services and short- and medium-term rental assistance to move homeless persons and families (with or without a disability) as rapidly as possible into housing.” (Source: HUD Exchange) The aim is to help people secure housing swiftly, boost their independence, and ensure they remain housed. This is a low-barrier housing solution with no preconditions such as employment, sobriety, or a clean criminal record. The resources and services provided are customized to meet each person’s needs. By providing stable housing, individuals are better positioned to tackle other issues that may have contributed to their homelessness, such as finding employment or overcoming addiction. This approach is also used to assist survivors of domestic violence in finding safe housing.
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Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is a heartbreaking denial of our most basic humanity. All human beings must sleep – it is among our most basic, biological needs. But today the court ruled that it is not a human right – at least not for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who do not have a home. The truth is that housing has become a scarce commodity in the United States, increasingly priced beyond what many of us can afford. This ruling threatens to punish those among us who already have the least. At Solid Ground, our work with community members tells us that solutions like safe and dignified housing, eviction prevention and rental assistance, and trauma-informed behavioral health supports are what people need to move beyond crisis and thrive. The criminalization of homelessness only makes it harder for folks to reach stability – it is harmful, ineffective, and does little to address the root causes of homelessness. But this is not the end. All of us who believe that every human being has a right to exist – and therefore sleep – now have a duty to fight at every level of government to defeat laws that would make sleep a luxury legally available only to those who can afford housing. And we must fight for systemic changes to make housing plentiful and affordable, so no human being is forced to sleep outside. As a nation, we can and must be better than this ruling would allow. In Solidarity, Shalimar Gonzales Solid Ground CEO
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