Committee to End Homelessness changes name to All Home
Published 12:12 pm Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Committee to End Homelessness in King County (CEH) has a new name – All Home – a new website, and a new plan to tackle the problem of homelessness.
All Home aims to make the experience of homelessness rare, brief and one-time for people who experience it.
“Homelessness is our community’s biggest crisis,” said Mark Putnam, executive director of All Home, in a media release on Thursday. “We learned a lot over the last decade of implementing ‘The 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness,’ and during that time nearly 40,000 people have exited homelessness for stable housing in King County. Over 6,300 units of homeless housing were added, bringing us up to third-best in the country for amount of housing units dedicated for the homeless.
“Yet more people become homeless each day, so we now need more commitment community-wide to address the causes of homeless, including rising housing costs, high poverty rates, and an inadequate state and federal safety net.”
All Home, the new name, is intended to better convey the organization’s commitment to building a community-wide partnership to respond to the crisis of homelessness and address its root causes.
“All Home’s new, more inclusive plan calls for engaging business leaders, faith organizations, local landlords, and others in our community to create safe and affordable housing – along with the health services, job training and other supports that help people achieve and maintain stability,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “King County is proud to continue as a partner.”
“Homelessness is not somebody else’s problem. It’s your problem, and my problem,” said Paul Lambros, executive director of Plymouth Housing Group and the other co-chair of All Home’s Coordinating Board. “All Home is focused on engaging various sectors of our community in the fight against homelessness, including non-profits, government, business leaders, landlords, congregations, and others. We can solve the puzzle of homelessness if we work collectively, and All Home is committed to making that happen.”
For more information, go to allhomekc.org.
