Working together to show that Housing Ends Homelessness.
Our work stems from decades of learning how the homelessness crisis started – and its solutions.
Learn about our seasoned staff’s strategies to solve this difficult issue.
The Bay Area is facing one of the nation’s most severe housing affordability and homelessness crises. The demand for affordable housing outpaces supply, while economic uncertainty puts pressure on already vulnerable households, leaving many people one unexpected expense away from losing housing. Without intervention, such as housing and supportive services, homelessness will rise.
Homelessness, as we know it today, is the result of four socioeconomic shifts.
These shifts in the 1980s produced – for the first time – a sizable and growing number of people who had no housing, no options, and were living and dying on the streets.
Homelessness is down in most Bay Area counties. But the continued high cost of housing and the looming results of federal budget cuts reveal that the job of truly ending homelessness is far from over. Here are some facts and figures:
Bay Area statistics are trending in a positive direction. But further cuts to budgets and resources, along with any shifts away from proven successful strategies, will threaten the substantial progress we’ve recently made in reducing homelessness.
When Abode formed, we thought providing shelter and services would end homelessness. But we soon found that long-term housing was the real solution. Homelessness stems from many structural factors that impact people with individual vulnerabilities the most. We need ALL solutions to solve homelessness.
Our strategy to achieve that has three main pillars:
As the largest family of housing agencies dedicated to solving homelessness in the Bay Area, we have a moral responsibility to:
We are investing in better systems to:
We believe housing ends homelessness. However, this housing crisis is decades in the making and will require great effort and innovative strategies to fix.
Explore our in-depth document to homelessness for a closer look at the causes, realities, and solutions –
and how we can work together to address it.
Our work stems from decades of learning how the homelessness crisis started – and its solutions.
Learn about our seasoned staff’s strategies to solve this difficult issue.
