Did the funds provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also support emergency housing?
The funds provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the Sound Families Initiative were directed to housing for families in transition out of homelessness. While the Gates Foundation understands the ongoing need for emergency shelter, this type of housing is not designed to be a permanent solution. Our community and statewide responses to homelessness are generally organized in a way that treats symptoms by focusing more on crisis interventions and short-term help. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations next set of investments to address this problem are designed to target solutions to quickly and permanently end family homelessness and promote long-term family stability. To learn more about these investments, please visit BuildingChanges.org.
