So, ending chronic homelessness means a lot more than just getting people into their own apartment, right?
Absolutely. This whole movement to end chronic homelessness is about the power of an individual being part of a community. It’s essential to emphasize that reintegration is really the ultimate goal of the Ten-Year Plan. Ending homelessness, whether it’s chronic or episodic, means bringing down the barriers that separate people from one another. It means a whole community being open to considering the one once regarded as “other” to be a part of the healthy whole. It means extending to our formerly-homeless neighbors the very sense of belonging we all long for, and upon which we all depend.
