It’s been a hard two years, and yet Built for Zero communities have continued to do heroic work housing vulnerable people, committing to quality data, and finding innovative ways to produce system change. At the Spring 2022 Learning Session in Chicago, Built for Zero recognized all of the milestones that communities have reached in the past six months and beyond.
Six communities have achieved quality by-name data in the last six months:
Clark County, Washington – veteran and chronic
Marin County, California – veteran
Western Virginia – veteran
San Diego City and County, California – veteran
Nevada County, California – veteran
Colorado BOS – Pueblo – veteran and chronic
Four communities have reduced their active homeless number by 20% or more in the past six months:
Colorado BOS – Mesa County – veteran
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota – chronic
Tennessee Valley Region – veteran
Yamhill County, Oregon – veteran
Four communities have made shifts happen in the last six months:
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina – veteran and chronic
Colorado BOS – Fremont County – chronic
Columbia-Boone County, Missouri – chronic
Honolulu, Hawaii – veteran
Six communities have been sustaining functional zero for more than two years:
Arlington County, Virginia – veteran
Bergen County, New Jersey – veteran and chronic
Gulf Coast Region, Mississippi – veteran
Lake County, Illinois – veteran
Rockford, Winnebago & Boone County, Illinois – veteran and chronic
Texas BOS – Abilene – veteran and chronic
Fourteen communities have achieved functional zero for veterans, chronic, or both:
Arlington County, Virginia– veteran
Bakersfield, Kern County, California – chronic
Bergen County, New Jersey – veteran and chronic
Lynchburg Region, Virginia – veteran
Chattanooga, Tennessee – veteran
Colorado BOS – Fremont County – veteran
Gulf Coast Region, Mississippi – veteran and chronic
Lake County, Illinois – veteran
Lancaster City and County, Pennsylvania – chronic
Montgomery County, Maryland – veteran
Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma – veteran
Rockford, Winnebago & Boone County, Illinois – veteran and chronic
Texas BOS – Abilene – veteran and chronic
Virginia BOS – Crater Region – veteran and chronic
