It can be hard to navigate how to create more environmentally friendly homes while we also need tens of thousands of additional housing units.
Our hope is that folks can use their skills to self-regulate in a way that allows them to be safe.
The first topic that Changemakers Alliance is focused on is the Minnesota housing crisis. Become a supporting member.
Stable housing is vital for survivors of violence to heal and feel safe again.
“It is not possible for someone to have a sense of physical, mental, and social well-being without having safe, stable, dignified housing.”
“‘Here is a tent. Here is an air bed. Here is dinner.’ All things I desperately needed at the time.”
Being unhoused or worrying that you can lose accommodation means you cannot work on other issues, such as addiction.
“Unfortunately, we are probably going to be addressing how to make budget cuts without hurting people,” she said.
Shame and reluctance to discuss experiences with colleagues or support staff in a male-dominated career field often delay veterans’ seeking out help.
Minnesota Women’s Press has been following the work to serve the unsheltered this winter. Here is some good news from Hennepin County.
Talking with three Collective Action storytellers
How three women are collecting support around community-based support, the growing homelessness issue, and criminal justice reform
