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BFZ Welcomes Five New Communities to the Collaborative!
Five new communities joined the Built for Zero Collaborative this fall. Learn more about each of them!
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Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, reduces veteran homelessness by 30%
Mary Ann Priester has been working to end homelessness for the past 18 years, ever since interning at a homeless day center in college. Today she is a Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) Administrator in Mecklenburg County and she has stayed in the work for one simple reason. “Everyone should have safe, decent, affordable housing,” […]
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Spotlight: Lynchburg, Virginia, Reaches Functional Zero for Veteran Homelessness
Lynchburg has become one of just 12 communities to reach functional zero for veteran homelessness.
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Spotlight: Lake County, Illinois Reaches Functional Zero for Veteran Homelessness
On July 2, Lake County, Illinois announced that they have reached both Functional Zero and met federal benchmarks and criteria for ending veteran homelessness. They are the 11th community in the nation to reach Functional Zero on veteran or chronic homelessness. COVERAGE AREA Cities: 2 Counties: 1Total Population: 696,535 “People think ending homelessness is not achievable, because […]
