LIVE CHAT: Housing First Forum
Lloyd Pendleton, former director of the Utah Homeless Task Force, will speak on the issue of homelessness and its impact on a community noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at McLaughlin Auditorium, 1805 Sequoia St., Redding. He will stress the need for cooperation between multiple agencies in the county, city and private sector with the topic "How Utah Implemented 'Housing First' and Reduced Homelessness." The forum will be hosted by The Women's Fund of Shasta County, Record Searchlight and Shasta Community Health Center. In 2005 Pendleton and his staff drafted a plan to address Utah's chronic homelessness and after 10 years the numbers that population is down by 91 percent due, in part, to an aggressive housing first model. Join our live chat here at noon by entering a "display name" or via Twitter using #ShastaHousing. Ask questions, make comments and share links to articles you've read about finding solutions.
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They say that we will want them to get sober and get a job. -
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You're not telling them to get the job, get off drugs. That's not helpful
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Housing authority is important. Section 8 becomes very important. It's an educational process for landlords and others.
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"You need to meet people where they are and help them create a dream, a vision, and a hope for themselves." Pendleton #ShastaHousingby UnitedWayNorCal via twitter 2/11/2016 8:56:16 PM -
Pendleton provides possible vision statements. And we need to provide hope to #homeless , he says. #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9kTGDUkAA1GyN.jpg
by Michelle Rogers via twitter 2/11/2016 8:56:26 PM -
When it comes to housing authority need to set priorities on how it helps people.
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Housing authority is very important part of process.
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Police chief and sheriff will bring important perspectives as you start the process.
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Stakeholders need to be at the table and these are the stakeholders. #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9kphkUAAEwCyE.jpg
by Michelle Rogers via twitter 2/11/2016 8:58:01 PM -
"I chose the road less traveled and I don't know where the hell I am." He shared this quote and said don't be like this person.
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Housing authority is a very important part of this project. #ShastaHousingby Silas Lyons via twitter 2/11/2016 8:59:06 PM -
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Champions, Collaboration and Compassion. #ShastaHousingby JamminWithPearl via twitter 2/11/2016 8:59:28 PM -
Two years ago, he walked into Rescue MIssion and they gave me meals, bed and clean clothes.
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Champions. Collaboration. Compassion. These are the things Lloyd Pendleton says we need to bring change to our community! #ShastaHousingby UnitedWayNorCal via twitter 2/11/2016 9:00:00 PM
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"I sleep in my own bed now, have my own home. My own furniture."
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He credits Rescue Mission for getting him clean. Been 16 months sober now.
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Lloyd Pendleton asks who are the homeless? #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9lDvxUcAA3JzX.jpg
by Michelle Rogers via twitter 2/11/2016 9:00:39 PM -
We need to get over the idea of "those people," Pendleton says.
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My guess is that 2 or 3 of you have been homeless.
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"Let's get over this idea of those people." - Lloyd Pendleton #ShastaHousingby Jenny Espino via twitter 2/11/2016 9:01:18 PM -
"He's a child of God," Pendleton says of the speaker.
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Lloyd Pendleton puts a local face to homelessness and asks him to share his story #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9llUzUEAE4vM-.jpg
by Michelle Rogers via twitter 2/11/2016 9:01:55 PM -
Members of audience sharing their experiences about being homeless.
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Getting to hear from some people who have been homeless is bringing light to the shared humanity of all of us! #ShastaHousingby UnitedWayNorCal via twitter 2/11/2016 9:03:24 PM
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Hearing first hand stories of inspiration. Lloyd says get over the idea that homeless are "those people." #shastahousingby Jenn Snider via twitter 2/11/2016 9:03:34 PM -
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Thomas joins Pendleton. "I didn't know how to be homeless." Has home now, volunteers at Mission. #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9mP-AUMAA2NJb.jpg
by Silas Lyons via twitter 2/11/2016 9:04:17 PM -
.@jennyespino_RS on #Periscope : Housing First with Lloyd Pendleton #ShastaHousing periscope.tv/w/aYztzDFWR2p2… http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9mVipUcAA-GWv.jpg
by rachelkeas via twitter 2/11/2016 9:04:44 PM -
Last March I met with a group of prostitutes Eight of them had 32 children taken by the state.
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Who are the homeless: Citizens, people suffering, in need of hope and our Brothers and Sisters. #ShastaHousingby JamminWithPearl via twitter 2/11/2016 9:05:08 PM
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Lloyd Pendleton says don't criminalize a need to use the bathroom or eat. #ShastaHousing http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca9mdNzUEAAWycv.jpg
by Michelle Rogers via twitter 2/11/2016 9:05:39 PM -
I learned that some of their pimps were their husbands or boyfriends.
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Don't lump criminal activity w homeless. There are peep who use system. But don't criminalize using bathroom, getting food. #ShastaHousingby Jenny Espino via twitter 2/11/2016 9:06:04 PM
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Medical workers came out and two of them knew these girls. They helped get them out and get jobs and new lives.