Join us in demanding a future where homelessness is rare and brief.
Homelessness is solvable. Communities are proving it is possible, and we cannot accept anything less than a future where homelessness is rare and brief.
World Homelessness Day is recognized annually on October 10, but one day is not enough to bring attention to the issue and highlight the successes of communities. We are taking this entire week to foster hope and demand for the right action.
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Join us Oct. 10 for a Tweetstorm
#WorldHomelessnessWeek is a dedicated week drawing attention to the issue of homelessness. Join us as we use our collective voices to demand change.
📣 Use your voice | Social media toolkit
We have developed a social media toolkit to help you promote #WorldHomelessnessDay and #WorldHomelessnessWeek.
Below, we have shared links and instructions for how to share it.
If you have any questions about this toolkit, please contact kstasa@community.solutions.
Key messages
- Homelessness is a reflection of some of the most irreparable and immeasurable harms being borne by individuals, communities, and our society at large.
- This moment demands that we appreciate what is at stake — and possible — for the movement to end homelessness.
- The stories we tell shape the actions we take. Policies and decisions based on misunderstandings of homelessness got us here. This moment demands that we get it right.
- Homelessness is not intractable. Communities are proving it.
- Homelessness is solvable.
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When we solve homelessness, everyone benefits.
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The costs of homelessness.
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Please include the included links in all posts. If you choose to develop your own messaging, please include the hashtags #WorldHomelessnessDay, #WorldHomelessnessWeek, #HomelessnessIsSolvable and/or tag @cmtysolutions or @BuiltForZero. Please feel free to tag other partners.
🏠 Homelessness is a struggle that isn’t borne only by individuals, but by all of us. The evidence is clear: when we reduce and end homelessness, everyone benefits. #HomelessnessIsSolvable #WorldHomelessnessWeek
The stories we tell shape the actions we take. This moment demands that we get the story of homelessness right. The costs associated with it are immeasurable — but homelessness is not inevitable. .🏠💪#HomelessnessIsSolvable #WorldHomelessnessWeek
- Homelessness is a struggle that isn’t borne only by individuals, but by all of us.
The evidence is clear: when we reduce and end homelessness, everyone benefits.
✨Lives improve
💰 📉Public costs are reduced
🏥Health outcomes improve
💪And communities become stronger
#HomelessnessIsSolvable #WorldHomelessnessWeek
The call to solve homelessness is not just about mitigating costs. It’s a moral imperative to uphold the principles of equity, justice, and compassion. Join us in calling for change this #WorldHomelessnessWeek #HomelessnessIsSolvable
Homelessness reflects deep, irreparable harm to individuals, communities, and society. This #WorldHomelessnessWeek, let’s recognize what’s at stake and possible. 🏠💪#HomelessnessIsSolvable #WorldHomelessnessWeek
Homelessness is solvable. We can build a different future. Communities are proving it. Join us in telling a story about what is at stake and what is possible .🏠💪#HomelessnessIsSolvable #WorldHomelessnessWeek
📣 Spread the word: #HomelessnessIsSolvable! Check out our advocacy toolkit and help us spread the word this #WorldHomelessnessWeek https://community.solutions/world-homelessness-week/
This #WorldHomelessnessWeek, we are calling for a louder, truer story of homelessness: what is at stake and what is possible. The first gives us urgency — and the latter shows us the way forward. #HomelessnessIsSolvable #WorldHomelessnessWeek
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Homelessness is solvable.
Communities in the Built for Zero movement are proving it.
