Step-up housing program for homeless youth
Resident proposes step-up housing for youth with five-year plans and skill-building before aging out, to break the cycle of chronic homelessness, which disproportionately affects BIPOC youth.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
I would use the funding to build step up housing programs for youths. They would be housed according to need but would need to have a 5 year plan before they aged out of youth housing. Similar to the fss program but for youths
Who it helps and why
The underserved youths that are chronically homeless are Bipoc 62.2% .Establishing the program would stop the cycle of homeless for the Bipoc community . They would have a opportunity to gain skills while being housed and learning to live independently with or with out a voucher.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 16, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
The same need in other cycles
City-wide ideas in Homelessness & shelter from the other cycles, up to 3 from each.
2026–27 (26 matching)
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- Heating and cooling centers for those without A/C or heatResident asks for heating and cooling centers for people lacking A/C or heat, or installing heating and cooling systems in buildings that lack them.2026–27City-wideSubmitted in Korean
2025–26 (30 matching)
- Sleeping pods, veteran shelters and food programsResident asks for free sleeping pods for people experiencing homelessness, more shelters for homeless veterans, and food programs for disadvantaged residents.2025–26City-wide
- Convert vacant hotel near Mass Ave into housingResident asks to renovate a large empty hotel near Massachusetts Avenue to house homeless people without restrictive evictions, to advance equity.2025–26City-wide
- Help homeless residents get housingThe resident asks for help getting homeless people into homes and for more affordable rent, especially for minority residents.2025–26City-wide