Housing Solutions
Stable housing is essential to well-being for all people. The experience of housing instability and homelessness is traumatic, and the barriers to stable, affordable housing are hardest for people who are systematically marginalized.
Working with individuals, families, and youth experiencing homelessness is at the heart of our work—and has been for more than 13 years. We are committed to ensuring equitable access to safe, stable, affordable housing and services for all.
C4 staff have led federal, state, regional, and local projects to identify and promote evidence-based and promising practices and provide training, technical assistance, and consultation to improve housing and homeless services throughout the U.S. and internationally. We are also a national Training and Technical Assistance provider for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Our team includes service providers, trainers, researchers, and people who have experienced homelessness, mental illness, substance use, and trauma. Our work is grounded in our experience providing outreach, shelter, housing, mental health and addiction services, health care, and Continuum of Care planning and implementation. People with lived experience are included in all aspects of our work to ensure real-world expertise is embedded in all we do.
We Can Help You
- Engage with and respond more effectively to individuals, families, and youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness
- Develop and implement strategic plans to end homelessness
- Develop housing continuums that incorporate varied housing models and prioritize choice
- Examine data and redesign programs, policies, procedures, and systems to reduce homelessness
- Provide equitable, safe, responsive, and culturally competent services for diverse populations experiencing homelessness
- Learn about different dimensions of racism and develop skills for implementing racial equity strategies
- Design and implement prevention and diversion processes
- Provide evidence-based and promising practices that are integrated with housing including:
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Motivational Interviewing
- Racial Equity
- Housing First
- Housing Integrated with Services and Supports
- Recovery Housing
- Critical Time Intervention
- Outreach and Engagement
- Case Management
- Tenancy Support
"The training was very informative and tailored to the work we do…the interaction with others in the same industry experiencing the same types of situations is always helpful." –Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris Counties
Our Experts
Learn More
- People with History of Homelessness Encouraged to Apply—video (4:53 minutes)
- Coordinated Entry Systems Racial Equity Analysis of Assessment Data (PDF)
- Race Equity and Homelessness—podcast series
- Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder—video recording of webinar sponsored by the Homeless & Housing Resource Center featuring C4’s Ken Kraybill and Steven Samra (88:54 minutes)
- Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder: A Toolkit—developed by C4 staff in collaboration with the Homeless & Housing Resource Center (PDF)
- Boston Harm Reduction Toolkit—developed in collaboration with City of Boston Office of Recovery Services, RIZE Massachusetts, and C4 Innovations (PDF)
- Equity and Homelessness
- SPARC: A C4 Racial Equity Initiative
- Recovery Housing
- PATH and Street Outreach
Learn more about our expertise and training and technical assistance approaches and offerings.