The Housing First approach to homelessness | Lloyd Pendleton 

I don't think the most impressive part of this presentation is Utah's homeless reduction, or the efficacy of Housing First. Housing First works. I know this, it makes intuitive sense to me, and it didn't surprise me to learn that when Utah used this approach they were rewarded with amazing results. What I was most impressed by was Mr. Pendleton himself. He used to believe some pretty ugly things about homeless people. The gut reaction that so many seem to have -- "oh, they're just a bunch of lazy bums, it's a choice" -- strikes me as arrogant and downright cruel. The fact that he changed his mind about homeless people, the way that he adopted a more compassionate worldview, that's what's impressive to me. I'm guilty of writing people off myself. It's just that the people I had written off weren't the vulnerable and downtrodden. I had written off people like Pendleton's younger self. I thought they were just privileged and self-absorbed to the point of bordering on sociopathy, and after years and years of living and working and arguing with bootstraps conservatives I admit, I had started to believe that these people just wouldn't (or worse -- couldn't) change. I'm incredibly heartened to learn that there are those among them who might eventually have their hearts swayed. The problem isn't the homeless. The problem is a society which grinds us down and is all too happy to just discard us when we slip up. I hope that more "rugged individualists" can come to see that oftentimes people, due to factors outside their control, cannot simply lift themselves out of destitution.

Homelessness and mental illness are twins. Because of mental illness, a person cannot get a job, retain it, and manage spending. Shelters, independent housing and half way houses are definitely needed. There were public baths in cities 30 years ago, but they are rare now. Sometimes the homeless were refused to use the public baths. Housing is crucial.

"Every person has a value". This talk is so inspiring ! 🙏

I love the big end of the log metaphor. “Do the biggest part when you have the most energy”

Up here in far north housing programs were a much earlier thing thanks to urgent necessity. In countries where winters are harsh, you have to get the homeless some kind of a warm shelter or otherwise you're dealing with a lot of frozen corpses come the next morning. Roof on top of their heads helping their other problems was a welcomed side-effect on top of that. You can't get rid of poverty entirely but the quality of a society is measured by how it treats its poorest. Some people are going to remain poor their entire lives but a good society should make sure that they're not at least starving or freezing to death.

There are still good human beings in the world. Thank you

The homeless population is growing. As of the time of writing this in 2021 the cost of housing here in Texas has climbed to to the tune of $1000 a month for an efficiency apartment. Because of this you have to work at least 3 minimum wage jobs just to afford a roof over your head. It didn't used to be like this. I remember back in 2011 me and my mom lived in a 2 bed apartment for $640 a month. Back then you could make it on your own. Now simply "get a job you lazy bum" doesnt work anymore. It's not laziness, its affordability. This is why you see working people with full time jobs living in their cars in places like Los Angeles and Dallas. For some reason people dont get this.

its empathy and being humane in action. i'm inspired. a thank you from the Philippines..

In Finland, northern Europe, we have been enjoying Housing First policy for all the 5.5 million Finns living here for decades now. I'm in my 30s so I have never seen a homeless person in Finland, ever. Studies have shown that Finnish goverment actually also saves money providing housing first compared to letting people sleep on the streets, just like the speaker mentioned. It really makes Finland really safe place to live because nobody's so desperate that one would steal your wallet or break into your home or car. Why don't USA provide Housing First model for every American? It would save tax-payers' money??

Amazing seminar

Absolutely inspiring , thank you !

91℅ reduction is actually mindblowing. With numbers like that, this model should be the blueprint. I've seen my city spend unnecessary money on infrastructure changes to keep the homeless from living under an overpass or sleeping on a park bench. This is more than doable.

Homelessness and unemployment go hand in hand. Many people become hurt after years of working and can no longer work. they end up losing their homes.

Finland has taken this approach for decades. They have 0.05% homeless. It's very powerful ❤️

This is an incredible human.

Beautiful talk. This is so important. Thank you

This has been eye opening. Thank you

Absolutely inspiring.Thanks for sharing.

I am very happy to be part of Housing First project in London UK :-)

Amazing... thank you

Tremendous respect for everyone involved. Including Keta. Especially Keta.

To end homelessness is to give taxpayers without housing the help their tax dollars paid for.

this is the top of humans achivement.. we should all work for this goal give back

That was beautiful

Salt Lake proved that housing the homeless was cheaper than criminalizing them and it led to a 90% reduction in homelessness.

I’m so glad my husband told me about this kind of approach to the homeless! I really do want to help solve this as well! I see a great need for Housing First in Spokane and Tri-City Washington! I deffinently agree first house them and then help them to heal! Thank you for all your great work as well!

Love it!!

I think that Housing First definitely has potential. As we can see it already worked in Finland. However, I'm convinced that the local implementation, especially in Californian Cities like SF, is a nightmare. The proposed services are rarely all offered. Even though, the model might work for a lot of people, I can't help but wonder how you can house a chronically homeless person who is suffering from addiction or mental illness, when treatment is not a requirement or sometimes not even offered. I'm open for a discussion though as I'm happy to learn about your point of view ;)

Amazing

„A generation of babies born through drug addiction“... let that sink in. This is so hurtful. This it is happening because we don’t care about homeless people and think its not our problem to solve.

Amazing talk! Proves that being open-minded to new ideas is key for us to create a better future.

Shelter should be a human right.

Inspired!

Great. Do it in a major state like cali

Brilliant

He is a great American. People like him keep America great!!.

When an issue is a partisan issue, it doesn't get solved. I think we need to recognize that both liberals and conservatives want to eradicate homelessness. Let's not get into idealogy, but simply solutions.

Proof, fanaticism and conservatism can be educated out of people...

Well, the core of the problem is the cost of having a home. If you work 40 hours a week for $9/hour, you'll be doing good to bring home $1000/month after taxes. And then you have to come up with at least 500/month for rent alone, not counting utilities which can be an additional 200/month. You're left with just enough to get groceries. And this is considering life out in the boondocks. Go to a big city and you're looking at $1000/month for a 100sqft studio apartment. So you're life will amount to sleeping, working, and staring at the wall - because you can't afford to do anything. So why isn't the government working to making housing cheaper so the average person who makes nothing can perhaps have a little bit of a life? They'll never take action where action is needed because real estate is the biggest cash cow on the planet and we live in a capitalist economy, not a no-one-left-behind economy. Your charities are poor bandaids for a society that's bleeding to death from an autoimmune disorder.

20-unit pre-fab tiny home centers placed throughout the city.

What organizations are doing this today that we can support?

LOOOOOOOOOOL 4HEad

what i didnt catch is how long they were sheltered by free housing before being able to afford paying rent? Nevertheless, incredible research!

this 4 me is a start for a new system revamp, cuz the old one its doing only dmg, has exeed its limits and needs to change .

You, sir, are a testament to your faith. While I don't believe that what you believe is _true_ , it certainly shows itself to be useful for making you into caring and compassionate people.

New York is surviving of the love they are famous for that they give here.its amazing here come and see for yourself and see if you can feel the love.!!!!

How do you apply this thinking to a society where tens of millions of people are unemployed and homeless, and only a few have the privilege of education, thus skills, thus jobs and homes?

It's very hard to change your views when you see people in their mid 20's, that have been given free food, throwing the containers and wrappers on the sidewalk while there's a trash can less than 20 feet away. When you offer them a job cleaning up construction debris they have a never ending list of why they can't work. When good Samaritans give them money they go straight to the liquor store or bar. When the city puts them in a hotel because it's deathly cold outside it becomes party central. The cops are called all hours of the day and night. The rooms had physical damage and were heavily smoked in. The city (tax payers) had to foot the bill to fix all the damage in addition to the initial cost of housing them. The city then builds them a homeless camp with tents. The homeless people then decided to harass customers of a nearby sports bar and destroy outside furniture. That business temporarily shut down and paid their employees to protest with signs to get the city's attention. Another business was set on fire along with multiple dumpsters. The business district across the bridge is now struggling because of reduced foot traffic from constant harassment, public intoxication and urination from these people. A local restaurant had to cancel a beer special because so many homeless people were there getting smashed and running all the other customers off. It's getting out of control and I'm sure it's even worse in the larger cities.

I never called homeless and less fortunate lazy bums. Pulling yourself up by the bootstrap does not mean to not utilize help. I used helped all throughout college. A large part means a person has to want better and do better. Social programs should be used to jumpstart and catapult. They are used to help people grow, succed and become productive citizens.

*_It all came about after a project I worked on to design a green subdivision with many others. I thought I could do more and started gathering info. That was when G+ was still invite only. A village is a 50 million dollar undertaken. Then broke it down to a what I call Dartanyan's Restaurant & Farm but again that was 5 million dollar undertaken. So I decided trying a homeless shelter with my knowledge._* *1.9848 acre per person living in a sustainable village (234 people and 464.4432 acres for the village)* 80% crafted, made and grown in said village And 20% are raw materials, food not grown, medical equipment/supplies, electronics and etc. - 0.6250 acre of farmland/person (146.2500ac) - 0.0892 acre of farmland products to be sold/person (20.8728ac) - 0.2321 acre of living area/person (54.3114ac) - 0.0214 acre of wine vineyards/person (5.0076ac) - 0.0714 acre of ponds/person (16.7076ac) - 0.1069 acre of coffee/person or 3,456 trees (25.0146ac) [555 trees/2.4711 acres or 1 Hectare] - 0.0071 acre of teas/person (1.6614ac) - 0.0142 acre of herbs/person (3.3228ac) - 0.1428 acre of schools/person (33.4152ac) - 0.2142 acre of park & wildlife/person (50.1228ac) - 0.1428 acre of village square/person (33.4152ac) - 0.1785 acre of livestock/person (41.7690ac) - 0.1392 acre of roads & etc/person (32.5728ac) _________________________________________________________________ *By using a mix of permaculture and aquaponics which in turn use 90% less water to grow food and a minimum of twice as fast :* * Reduces Labor by 75% * Reuses 95% of the water * Low Electricity Need (use solar to stay off the grid) * Faster Vegetable * Longer Shelf Life * Organic Mineral Rich * Produces Its own Fertilizer * Non-Contaminated Fish * Use of Tiger Shrimp &/or Crawfish to clean algae * Uses of the Bacteria and fecal matter are collected to make Methane in place of natural gas &/or Decomposed solids to worm bin which turn is used to make Compost Tea is brewed from worm casting and water. The tea can be used for Fruit Orchard to increase Microbial Content in the soil. __________________________________________________________________ *The Helpful Garden* The idea is to design a homeless shelter using Aquaponics and permaculture to feed them as well as make money for them. Each place will have 9 to 13 (12 x 18) 216 sq ft building for living in. So the *"Helpful Garden"* will be shelter to up to 13 people as well as a farmers market. The one thing about homeless shelters is that one can be built every 80 miles about or so. I can see a minimum of 3000 homeless shelters of the "Helpful Garden" being built worldwide. (Powered by solar & wind) To build said place is about $500,000 depending where it built. Though it won't need donation or government grants to run for all it's money comes from it farmers market. *Profits:* 40% profit breakdown: Money needed for sheltered women: $15,000/each allotted to each tiny home each year. plus stables (Example: coffee, sugar, flour, salt and pepper) 60% profit breakdown: 10% to building new Helpful Gardens 20% to maintenance 15% to college grants 15% to etc. *_Budget : $500,000_* *1.)* Land : 3+ acres (Budget $25,000.00 or less) *2.)* Tiny Homes: 9 to 13 (12 x 18) 216 sq ft [on ½ acre] (Budget $156,000.00 or less) *3.)* Intake Office: 600 Sq ft (Budget $25,000.00 or less) *4.)* Farmers Market: ½ acre (Budget $45,000.00 or less) *5.)* Parking Lot: ¼ acre (Budget $5,000.00) *6.)* Aquaponics and Permaculture Farm: 1 ¾ acres (Budget $109,000.00 or more) a.) Up to 3 different fish b.) Tiger shrimp c.) Crayfish d.) 3 different apple and pears trees so [to have them throughout the year] e.) Citrus trees like lemons, oranges and 2 two others. f.) Chickens (meat and eggs) g.) Goats (milk and cheese) h.) Honey Bees 4 to 6 hives i.) 2 fig trees (maybe) j.) Freshwater mussels (maybe) k.) Rabbits (maybe) *_Powered : [Total Budget $135,000.00]_* *1.)* Solar (Budget $90,000) a.) Tiny Homes 13 set of 4 - 250 watt cell with light sensors (52 solar cells) cost between $27,287.00 and $36,387.00 b.) Aquaponics System - (?) c.) Intake Office - set of 6 - 250 watt cell with light sensors (cost between $3,148.50 and $4,198.50) d.) Farmers Market - (?) *2.)* Wind Power - (Budget $45,000) a.) Windmill electric generator 15 to 30 KW cost between $18,000 - $48,000 ________________________________________________________________________ *Just some working notes:* Payroll for security : $3,900/wk $16,900/mo $202,800/yr 3 full time: ($24/hr) $2,880/wk $12,480/mo $149,760/yr 4 part time: 17 hour work week ($15/hr) $1,020/wk $4,420/mo $53,040/yr Payroll for gardeners : same as security Volunteers : 36 (though it's like $6/hr to help pay for their gas and childcare if needed). $4,320/wk $18,720/mo $224,640/yr Total payroll : $427,440/yr Money needed for sheltered women: $144,000/yr or $12,000/each allotted to each tiny home (12) Money of the other 60% profit equals $270,000 $450,000 plus payroll equals $958,769.04 Needed $263.34/hr@70/hr@52/wk=$958,769.04 235,000 lbs vegetables @$0.5/lb=$32.28/hr or 64.56 lbs/hr or 645.5 lbs/day 30,000 lbs fish/crayfish/shrimp @ $3/lbs = $247.251/day or $90,000.00/yr *These are all low ball figures* $174,720 online sales per year $117,500 vegetable sale per year $90,000.00 meat sales per year $500 honey sales per year At point soda sales per year Snack & hot food sale per year Cloths & wares sales per year Frozen food sales per year Canning goods sales per year Dairy/cheese sales per year

"These models meet people where they are - not where we are or where we think they should be."

THANK YOU. For not shoving your agenda down my throat this time . . .

I get it, keywords scooped from my emails to this social media platform, algorithms promote via the advertisement open door. But is it more important that elected officials be watching videos like this, because who else gets to use the pen of change despite a massive public outcry for new writing to be happening now? All this does is make TED look shiny, but not new.

This is genius

only 51000 views??

I want to start this approach in South Africa. "Project Hope"

Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Deal with safety first. Food, clothing, shelter and the rest will follow.

How is harm reduction not just an institutionalized version of enabling? Also, "housing first" isn't housing, it's version of a mental hospital with state-sponsored case managers. Let's just call it what it is. I'm not sure this is more successful than the hospital-based solutions nor cheaper for tax-payers.

I find that you have humanrights. So have a roof on your head and enough food ans drinks and a good healthcare. If you have that than can you a a human good living. And the mental people have to have a good mentor.

*I have a big House in minecraft:/*

Ben Shapiro says; put them in rehab or jail! How simple things are to some

HERE IN INDIA ITS 3:23 AM NOW AND IM WATCHING TED TALKS IN SPITE OF MY NEXT EXAM ,,,,

i want to chat english with some one who volunteer to traning my english

This man totally deserves Heaven! Awesome! May Jesus Christ and Lady Mary Mother of Jesus grant him very good health for the rest of his life

👏👏👏👏🙏👏👏👏👏

Very noble man. Great to see we have great people like this in our country who are willing to and not just help illegals and people crossing our borders.

Privilege + self promotion = “Thought Leader”

Hi

This guy gets it 100 percent

He says 85% "Still Housed". But doesn't that mean that they're just living in their free housing? I don't see how this is an accomplishment. If he said that 85% were off drugs, had a job or in any way became better I would be impressed. Just putting them in housing doesn't solve the root causes for their homelessness. I think (but what do I know) that therapy would help these people. If the root causes for homelessness are drugs and bad money management, then you can use therapy to develop strategies to help said people. Giving them free housing is only a surface level solution, it doesn't solve the drug abuse or money management issues, which I think are to blame.

Rest in peace

4HEad

Get a job! The economic policy of NAIRU - Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment - makes that almost impossible.

Didn't the homeless population skyrocket

those in need should make themselves needed.

Why dont you house all of the drugs users and criminals in your big fancy church , homes and with 2 cars and savings plans.

But Trillions for war with Iraq or Iran - no problem.

its called the project. they are run buy gangs

This video was much, MUCH better than the transgender video posted earlier today.

Ok, we have Bernie Sanders, now this guy, how many of those do you have America? Can't be much, considering who's president...

This is tax-payer's money should have been spent. Not by spending it to other state's military.

Mental health and housing are 2 different things. Treatment changes people not a 2 bedroom apartment. We don't leave our addiction at the door. Our local government is watching people die as a result of this hoax that is harm reduction.

Socialists be like "so what else is new?"

I bet not one person on this thread has ever had a severe drug problem.

Ok, so let's get them some housing, but does it change the real problem? What's the genesis of individuals becoming homeless? That's the problem. It's like a termite infestation. If you kill just a few termites, that doesn't guaranteed you stopped the problem. What's the problem with human beings becoming homeless is the real question. If you can tackle that, you solve the problem. If you give them housing, you don't change the paradigms.

Convince gov to let everyone use an acre of free tax free fertile land to grow a food forest on and live on. End farm subsidies. End tax breaks to farms exsept those who grow healthy vegan food for human consumption exsept no large mono crops. End mandatory school, ged and hsd requirements, age limits, minimum wage, and exsessive regs. People should be able to learn how to do a good job they want so they can afford a house and car before 18. For those who and whos parents cant afford it, chairty (where the donar gets a full non refundable tax credit that carrys over for an unlimited number of years) and or the about 180,000dollars spent on k thru 12 per student could pay for it and trash k thru 12 and some of that money could be used to promote more independence and healthy livin

Das stimt. I use when I was younger drugs but now I don't want it more. It's very bad. I have rather a appel

So, why do these people have no family? State incentives.

Why can’t it be for all county in The United States? Some people have been waiting for over two year’s. Some wants to work . Instead they are being judged by their appearance.. please help the homeless people!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is amazing. My only complaint is his use of the word "prostitute." It's human trafficking survivors.

thats because you shipped em all off to other states lmao

JUST GET A HOUSE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL 4HEad

I can’t help wondering how much each of these people are costing to house, feed and care for. I worked my hands to blisters till they bleed and continued to work 18 hours a day till they blistered over again. I worked the equivalent of 40 years and now live as they who you give so freely our hardworking taxpayers dollars to. That which I worked so hard for. Yet still I work just to be free. Am I just like a slave to you?. They who you give so freely to are the masters? (Freaky huh?) Maybe a rethink is in order for us all. Well, maybe not me, just you, Ted.

Having a roof over your head should be a Right because it is as necessary as eating

this guy makes me want to be a Mormon again

California has been raising taxes and "combating homelessness" for years. If anything homelessness has only worsened.

Nice caring person but if you try that in California, you will attract all of the homeless from around the country and surrounding countries. Then for each of them, two struggling workers will give up and join in. Now run the numbers! How does that fit your budget.

U want to help the POOR ? Build barracks on farms that are self efficient !!! Problem solved !!!

Great talk; however, his language: "prostitutes" ,"bums", etc are highly problematic.

Out of touch! Let's put him out on the street for a decade and see how his opinion changes.