In short, housing is healthcare. Over 1,000 people registered for this year’s Health Care for the Homeless Conference in Baltimore, May 15th – May 19th. I attended various sessions that focused on the ties between health and housing, as well as the benefits of recuperative care for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

When we look at housing as a solution for homelessness, we simply cannot apply the traditional housing model and expect people with numerous barriers to thrive. At HomeAid, we take a thoughtful approach to designing and building housing and resource centers that will create spaces for healing and hope. The type of re-routing that occurs when someone is either mitigating or exiting homelessness is profound and unearths years, sometimes decades of trauma.