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When Someone Lobs a Grenade At You… You Throw It Back - Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund
When Someone Lobs a Grenade At You… You Throw It Back - Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund

Every day I see the most effective homelessness interventions happening at the community level. It's volunteer organizations providing essential services. It's faith communities opening their doors. It's neighbors who learn the names of people living on their streets and figure out what they actually need. These aren't the organizations getting the big federal grants. They're too small, too grassroots, too focused on relationships instead of metrics. But they're also the ones achieving real transformations because they understand something Washington never will: ending homelessness is about rebuilding human connection, not managing case loads.

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Community, Homelessness, Immigrant Rights, Letters to the HousedPaul Asplund#HousingFirst, #HomelessnessPolicy, #SocialJustice, #CommunityOrganizing, #LAHomeless, #TrumpPolicy, #HousingCrisis, #MutualAid, #SocialChange, #CommunityBuilding, #NonprofitWork, #HomelessServices, #PolicyAnalysis, #SocialWork, #CommunityResponse, #LettersToTheHoused, #SecondGraceLA, #CommunityHealing, #SocialImpact, #NeighborhoodSolutionsComment
Dear LA, We Can End Homelessness
Dear LA, We Can End Homelessness

Let me put my stake in the ground—homelessness can be eradicated, and it's up to us to choose whether we continue to let it persist or rise to the occasion and end it. This essay is a heartfelt exploration of the possibilities, challenges, and transformative power of community-driven solutions in our journey to end homelessness.

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Inspirational, CommunityPaul Asplund#Homelessness, #GetInvolved, #Solution, #LAHSA, #MutualAid, #CommunityBased, #OnePersonAtATime, #SolvingHomelessnessForever, #HumanCenteredDesign, #LivedExperience, #LoveIsTheOnlySolution, #FaithCommunitiesSolvingHomelessness, #BusinessCommunitySolvingHomelessness, #NeighborhoodGroupsSolvingHomelessness, #WhyHousingFirstIsntWorking, #HousingShortage, #AffordableHousing, #HousingExpense Comments