The Blueprint for Regionalization is:
- a reflection of major structural themes that frequently surfaced across a diverse set of community members and stakeholders who have experienced homelessness and are working to prevent and end homelessness in the Twin Cities Metro Region;
- a proposed set of actions that can begin to address structural barriers to preventing and ending homelessness in the region, many of which are rooted in racism; and
- a roadmap to creating a different kind of regional planning and decision-making table, one that is rooted in justice.
The Blueprint was created through:
- a partnership with a group of 18 people with lived experience of homelessness and housing insecurity across the 7 county Twin Cities Metro Region;
- a system’s audit that centered the experiences of people who have experienced homelessness and those working within the system, particularly Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other people of color; and
- a set of community workshops that co-designed the proposed actions and roadmap forward.
The Blueprint has the potential to:
- guide the region in implementing a regional kitchen table – a space that shifts power, brings in a more diverse set of community stakeholder, and addresses structural barriers rooted in racism;
- be a catalyst for being and acting different in the work to end homelessness; and
- start the regional journey to not only end homelessness but reach housing justice.
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