Portland Ideation Summit: Housing for All: Difference between revisions

 

The event was organized by Brad Smith (WebVisions) and Sue Gemmell. Forty people attended, who had a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, including students, activists, houseless people, mental health experts, social services professionals, programmers, and people who were just interested. 

 

After hearing seven perspectives on homelessness (see list in the schedule below), a system diagram was shown, that illustrated the cycle from housed, to unhoused, and back to housed (image to come). Participants were asked to think about what could prevent people from becoming unhoused, and what could help peple get housing. Also, what are the factors that cause homelessness, and the barriers that keep people on the streets? Participants wrote their ideas on post-its and placed them on large copies of the cycle diagram.