Preventing Homelessness

How Communities Layer Resources to Prevent Homelessness: Insights from Detroit and the Bay Area

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Many cities across the country started or expanded eviction prevention programs during the pandemic, offering resources such as legal support and emergency rental assistance to help people stay housed. In communities where these resources remain, or where they have evolved into more targeted homelessness prevention programs, they continue to be some of the most valuable tools available to help people avoid losing their housing. Understanding the continuum of support and how resources can work together is critical—especially in resource constrained environments. Join leaders from Detroit and the Bay Area as they share how their communities are tackling homelessness prevention and how eviction prevention fits in.

Panelists

  • Julie Schneider, Director, Detroit Housing & Revitalization Department

  • Chelsea Neblett, Chief of Housing Solutions & Supportive Services, Detroit Housing & Revitalization Department

  • Irene Farnsworth, Director of Regional Homelessness Prevention, All Home

This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab housed at the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at the Graduate School of Design, and the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health.