THE COALITION RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC AND ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE LASTING AND PERMANENT CHANGE. THE COALITION WORKS WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS TO: PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, ENSURE THAT THE RIGHTS OF HOMELESS PERSONS ARE PRESERVED, THAT THE TREND OF CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS IS REVERSED AND THAT JUST SOCIAL POLICY IS ENACTED TO END HOMELESSNESS.

Local advocacy initiatives:

Affordable Housing

Metropole

Homeless Congress

Anna Louise Inn

City Gospel Mission

Human Services

Civil Rights

The People’s Platform for Equality and Justice