EVERETT — The leader of the state of Utah’s largely successful program to house the homeless will be the featured speaker at a community forum in Everett on Monday.
Lloyd Pendleton oversaw a statewide program based on the Housing First model, which emphasizes placing people in permanent low-cost or supportive housing as the first step in treating other problems.
Utah started building housing units in 2005 and has since housed 1,400 of the state’s 2,000 chronically homeless people.
Questions for the forum can be submitted in advance at http://bit.ly/1WUY06M.
This year Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson has proposed $1 million in new funding for housing, diversion and law enforcement related to crime and other street issues.
Stephanson has also proposed building 20 units of low-barrier housing with supportive services over the next two years.
The city is also working with Snohomish County and Providence Regional Medical Center on a program designed to identify chronically homeless people in the city and connect them with services.
The community forum starts at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16 at the Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave.
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