Housing Narrative Lab

This project from ProPublica highlights the objects that people lose during encampment raids, and how the loss of personal items is affecting their ability to get housing. We know encampment raids make homelessness worse. We can solve homelessness by taking a housing and services approach, but throwing out people's personal items helps no one. https://lnkd.in/g5brPj6Q

Last week we had the pleasure of spending a day in NYC with partners who represent a number of organizations working to solve homelessness in New York. We discussed the impact of telling powerful personal stories, and how those stories can lead to tangible solutions to housing instability and homelessness. We really look forward to continuing this work with the NYC Fund to End Youth & Family Homelessness and their amazing grantees.

Call for applications - I ?? Home: NYC Story Exchange We're so excited to work with the NYC Fund to End Youth & Family Homelessness on this program for NYC-area storytellers who have experienced unstable housing, eviction or homelessness. Applications are now open for storytellers or content makers, such as artists, photographers, graphic designers, writers, filmmakers, social media creators, and more who share their work publicly and want to tell stories about housing insecurity and homelessness in New York City. The storytelling program will take place from February to December 2025 and each storyteller will receive up to $12,000. For more information about this program and to apply, click here: https://lnkd.in/gRktCRKY Please share this post so we can reach more NYC based content creators and artistic storytellers! And if you know someone who fits the criteria for this program please send this announcement their way.

Reminder! There's still time to register for our exciting upcoming webinar, where we'll discuss the film Beyond the Bridge. Tune in to find out how Beyond the Bridge is shifting perceptions of housing and homelessness, and how stories can create real impact! Register here:?https://lnkd.in/gjmhGpTk

Join our Executive Director Marisol for a conversation with Shelterforce starting very soon! Hear Marisol’s insights into key housing issues that matter to voters, and how they might be impacted by the upcoming election. Conversation begins at 12pm ET - register here: https://lnkd.in/gfqm-tMp

Great to see Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners highlighting national research that we conducted together in Minnesota, Tulsa, Omaha, and Nebraska. Voters overwhelmingly support common sense solutions to homelessness, not encampment sweeps. https://lnkd.in/g8jfDJMY

Executive Director Marisol Bello will be joining Shelterforce for a talk on the upcoming election and it's impacts on housing and homelessness solutions. For more info and to register, check out the post below!

Beyond the Bridge shows us how we can solve homelessness - stable and safe housing first, followed by the services or resources people need to thrive. Join our Nov 21 webinar for a discussion about this film's big impact and how stories can create real change when they bring people together to work on proven solutions. Register here: https://ow.ly/uXP650TSYVk

Our fantastic Narrative Strategist Grover has also been traveling this week to attend the Preble Street 2024 Conference on Homelessness. We're feeling so inspired to be part of these powerful conversations that are happening around the country with partners working to solve homelessness.

We're so pleased to share our #Comnet24 poster which we presented during the week's poster sessions. Sarah and Marisol were in attendance, sharing our big narrative - everyone needs a safe place to sleep.