Today in class my group and I read over a few other solutions to ending homelessness: Housing First and Rapid Re-housing. Housing First homes people who have already lost their homes (permanent housing). Rapid re-housing PREVENTS people from losing their homes.Housing focuses on helping individuals and families while rapid re-housing helps families. The similarities they have are: they both help to save money and they both provide permanent housing.The questions we have are: How can a homeless person afford to pay for their medical bills...in general? If you're homeless and you have illnesses how do you afford medication, hospital bills, and etc? Also how does owning a home help you save money medically? That's so confusing and it doesn't make any sense? If you have a home AND hospital bills or medical needs then you're at risk for bankruptcy not the other way around.
We also focused on four different groups: Veterans, Families, Youth, and Chronic homelessness.
Each group has a different need and a need a different solution when it comes to solving their homelessness. Not all homeless people need the same kind of attention. For example Chronic homelessness may need rehabilitation AND housing as for Veterans would need housing AND prevention policies for at risk and service intensive intervention.
My group likes this program....we feel like these people are working pretty hard with housing homeless people in a very legal way but we wonder if there is a certain downfall to a situation like this?
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