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Power-Sharing Frameworks
Types of power Dismantling Power Power share: A practice wherein a group distributes power, whatever type, among themselves according to agreed-upon rules. The agreed-upon rules can be a formal framework or …
PWLEH Compensation Guide
This memo outlines Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless’s (TJACH) minimum rates and guidelines for compensating persons with lived experience/expertise (PLE). The rates in this memo are a baseline, …
A Roadmap for Engaging People with Lived Experience of Homelessness
Phase 1: Ensure Organizational Readiness & Leadership Commitment ( 3-6 months) **Are you ready to co-design? ** Areas to address Leadership readiness: People with Lived Experience Engagement: Changing Practice and …
Reporting on your PIT Count Data
This resource offers Built for Zero leaders guiding questions to develop a communications strategy around the 2025 point-in-time count release and build an ongoing approach to data communications. Please contact …
Showing and Telling: The Power of Visual Storytelling
Q: Can we reduce homelessness? A: I’ll believe it when I see it. Polling shows that a supermajority of voters (84%) believe homelessness can be radically reduced. But 1 in …
Talking about Built for Zero
Built for Zero is a national network of more than 170 communities across the United States working to measurably and meaningfully reduce homelessness — and proving that real, sustained progress …
Talking about By-name data
What is by-name data? By-name data is a comprehensive database of every person in a community experiencing homelessness, updated in real time. Using information collected and shared with their consent, …
Achieving functional zero
Key Resources Media Templates Media Kit You can access our Built for Zero media kit at this link. Examples
Talking about progress
A quick-start guide for talking about the work The big idea When communities act with speed, coordination, and accountability, homelessness can be measurably reduced. Communities across the country are proving …
Data and Partnerships: Using your PIT and By-Name List in Tandem
Using your PIT and By-Name List in Tandem
Encampment Response
Originally held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 The Built for Zero team and partners at Clutch hosted a town hall–style conversation on coordination to address unsheltered homelessness. The Clutch team …
