At AHANS, we are working toward Functional Zero Homelessness
A Functional Zero Concept aims to ensure there are enough services, housing, and shelter beds for everyone in need, ensuring homelessness is Rare, Brief, and Non-Recurring.
This lays the foundation to achieve:
Absolute Zero Homelessness
Graphic: Ending homelessness Definition, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness prepared by Alina Turner (2017)
Absolute Zero Homelessness is the concept where nobody experiences homelessness, and the number of emergencies is consistently dropping.
Indicators for success are reliant on the three dimensions:
Lived Experience
Homelessness Systems
Public Systems
Our Approach is based off: Turner, A., Albanese, T. Pakeman, K. (2017) Discerning ‘Functional and Absolute Zero’: Defining and Measuring an End to Homelessness in Canada. School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
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