This week the Biden administration announced plans to reduce homelessness in the U.S. by 25%

in the next two years.

At the same time, cities around the country are grappling with their unhoused populations,

which means it's an issue that's touched many of you.

Hi, my name is April Harris and I work for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

I'm a grassroots leader, which means I have lived experience with homelessness.

I'm also part of the Green Chicago Home Campaign, where we are trying to have more affordable

housing and more wraparound services in the city of Chicago, because as you might not

know, there's over 65,000 plus people experiencing homelessness in the city of Chicago.

My name is Julia Kay from Oklahoma City.

I dealt with homelessness when I was pregnant with my daughter and I had my three-year-old

son in that period of displacement and homelessness lasted for about three years.

That was us jumping from car to couch to house to friend to family member to whatever was

next.

Because of that experience that we had and lived for so long, I actually started on

profit called Indigo Door Project to help single parents who were dealing with displacement

and homelessness.

Thanks for those messages.

So what is the most effective way to address homelessness?

We dig into the administration's new plan after the break.

I'm Jen White.

You're listening to the OneA podcast where we get to the heart of the story.

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