Our mission is to strengthen communities to end homelessness
by building partnerships, sharing innovations, and connecting vulnerable people to homes and support.
Creating Homes
Community Solutions works with partners to preserve and expand housing opportunities for those not served by the conventional housing market. We create attractive, affordable residences that promote health and spur community development. These often include retail, arts and community spaces. Learn More »
Innovative Housing in DC
With over 6,000 homeless people sleeping in Washington, DC on any given night, the Baltimore –Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church has maintained a commitment to ending chronic homelessness for several years. And with roughly 600 active congregations, the group has the resources necessary to make lasting change. Now, through a partnership with Community Solutions, it has a bold strategy to make its dream for homeless people a reality.
Connecting Resources
Community Solutions helps communities mobilize partners and resources to connect vulnerable people to the health, employment, and other services they need to succeed in their homes and communities. Our approach costs far less than responses to homelessness such as shelters and hospitals. Learn More »
The Brownsville Partnership
It’s an unlikely alliance: the former NBA player working to fix his troubled neighborhood and the young woman wielding flow charts on how to get there. Greg Jackson and Corinne LeTourneau are part of the Brownsville Partnership (BP), a multi-agency collaborative launched in 2008 to prevent families in this Brooklyn public housing neighborhood from losing their homes. Today, the Partnership is preventing homelessness by strengthening a whole community.
Sharing Solutions
Community Solutions develops effective solutions to homelessness that can be shared broadly. We convene local leaders, non-profits, businesses, and public agencies to create a national network to end homelessness and strengthen communities. Our work is defined by partnership and meaningful collaboration. Learn More »
The 100,000 Homes Campaign
When 100,000 Homes Campaign volunteers met Elaine, she had been sleeping on the streets of Denver for 10 years. She used to hide under cardboard boxes to avoid the threat of violence. One night, while she slept, an angry passerby kicked her in the face. With the help of Campaign partner Denver's Road Home, Elaine and her dog, Stinker, moved into an apartment. Today, she can lock her doors and finally sleep in peace.
Healthy Communities: Northeast Hartford
Northeast Hartford is a place of contradictions, seemingly equal parts opportunities and obstacles. Walking through the neighborhood, one stumbles along crumbling sidewalks under broken streetlights, then finds groups of engaging young people gathered at street corners, energetic but bored. A large historic park provides hundreds of acres of green space, but it is seldom used, as fear of crime keeps residents traveling their own well-worn routes. Two and three-family homes line the streets, many long in need of repair.
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