An important leader addressing our nation’s homeless problem, Rosanne Haggerty founded Common Ground Community in New York in 1990. The nonprofit housing-development organization built thousands of affordable and supportive apartments through an approach that brought together architects, health and mental health providers, community groups, and public and private investors. Owing to her accomplishments, Haggerty was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2001. In 2011, she left Common Ground to start Community Solutions and address the larger problem of fragmented local housing and social-support systems. Through large-scale initiatives including the 100,000 Homes Campaign and, now, Built for Zero, Community Solutions assists cities or counties in coordinating resources and efforts of multiple stakeholders to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. The organization’s innovative approach creates accountable housing systems and has already eliminated chronic or veteran homelessness in 11 places. More than three dozen other communities are seeing steady improvement.
RECORD's Cathleen McGuigan and Suzanne Stephens talked with Haggerty about the thinking behind her strategies for reducing homelessness in America.
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