We need more housing. Period. The Nell just opened up on Charnelton this week, thanks to the combined efforts of Homes for Good and Lane County, which helped 45 unhoused people get off the streets, so that’s wonderful.
Just a drop in the bucket though. We need to continue to build affordable housing.
It’s a start. I work for one of the social services agencies in Eugene and the biggest problem I see is that, while a housing-first model is fantastic, most folks who are chronically homeless need more help than that and the services available here are just too widespread, difficult to navigate, have very long waitlists, are extremely short staffed, and/or are too high-barrier for many homeless folks. Lack of services is why the Commons is failing so I hope the Nel does better.
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u/Vann_Accessible Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22
We need more housing. Period. The Nell just opened up on Charnelton this week, thanks to the combined efforts of Homes for Good and Lane County, which helped 45 unhoused people get off the streets, so that’s wonderful.
Just a drop in the bucket though. We need to continue to build affordable housing.