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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The bringing of a Homeless individual from the Street and into housing,,,,

Have you ever seen what happens when you take a homeless person from where they have been living on the streets or in camps for the last 5, 10, 20 years and drop them into housing?
I say "drop" into housing because that is what happens many times in the Homeless Assistance World, by HAO's.

The HAO will get the homeless person all geared up for their possible "new housing" in hopes of getting them off the street and to satisfy their "numbers" for the Homeless Management System databases. Numbers = funding. However, numbers+poorly fitted housing=higher homeless numbers. Many do not see this for some reason.

When a homeless person is brought from the street into housing it must be done with as much creative thinking, a working knowledge of the persons personality and planning as possible. It must be a good fit. Many times it will take a great deal of "creative work". If you are not able to be creative or willing to push hard with it, then there is a high chance the person you are assisting is going to again become a homeless statistic.
Once the person loses their housing, (which was supplied via an HAO by obtaining Section 8 vouchers etc and placing the person into the Homeless Assistance Worlds management database stating they are no longer homeless) the person in too many cases is no longer looked upon as a person with an urgent need. They are looked upon as getting housing, which the City promotes as an accomplishment.

Then the person becomes homeless very soon after getting their new home. They are once again, on the streets sleeping under a bridge or under a tree in a cemetarywithout so much as a blanket, scared, helpless, uninformed and once again relying on the very same people who set them up to fail in the first place.
The housing placement must be a proper fit for the persons personality. This is where creativity comes in. Creativity in thinking and working. It is more difficult but it works.

Numbers = funding. However, numbers+poorly fitted housing=higher homeless numbers.