Lloyd Pendleton: The Housing First approach to homelessness
洛伊.潘多頓: 解決街友問題的「住屋優先」法
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who had been living on the street
in New York City,
we decided to create a pilot,
我們決定做一個試驗,
chronically homeless individuals
這個試驗的十七位長期
for 20-plus years,
she slept out by the dumpster
for several nights.
to develop enough trust and confidence
才發展出足夠的信任和信心,
sleeping in the bed.
challenge for many cities
into three major categories:
as an unaccompanied adult
是無人陪伴的成年人
homeless for a year or more
homeless in three years
of the homeless population
of the homeless resources
as many of you will be aware,
population costs a lot.
began an initiative in 2003
在 2003 年開始了一項方案,
chronic homelessness
來終結長期街友的問題。
this invitation,
我們核准了一個十年計畫,
in our chronic homeless population
全州長期無家可歸的人口
and we began this process,
understanding of homelessness
以及影響它的因子,
in my belief, in my thinking,
我的想法,做很大的改變,
with the theory of rugged individualism
on our family's cattle ranch
小鎮上有個牧牛場,
in the western desert of Utah.
that nothing takes priority
that I would see homeless people.
在看無家可歸的街友。
would go into Salt Lake City,
我們全家會到鹽湖城,
"hobos" we called them then --
那時我們稱他們為「流浪漢」,
去找份工作,自立自強。」
Pull yourself up by the bootstraps."
for several years,
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
找到一份工作,
I had the opportunity to be loaned out
and management capabilities.
of a new approach
clean needles and condoms.
針頭以及保險套。
is one stupid idea."
to continue that behavior.
繼續原本的行為。
some of the early 10-year plans
是關於聯邦政府
and I thought,
and factors beyond our control."
及我們無法控制的因子了。」
behind the 10-year plan.
十年計畫背後的理由。
of the homeless group
and were very expensive.
about this Housing First,
mentally ill homeless individuals
from the street into housing.
to use drugs and to drink,
services -- not required to use them --
也會提供服務給他們──
to their new living arrangements
about hearing about this model,
對它的期望是很低的,
an astonishing success rate:
after 12 months.
仍然住在住房中。
a trusting relationship.
these individuals have had
and low-barrier housing
低門檻住房供應,
a relationship of trust.
looking out the window,
and perspective about homelessness
街友的了解和觀點
and thought came to me
to collaborate to serve our neighbors,
要同心協力來服務我們的鄰居,
how this could be done.
我開始有個清楚的遠景。
the conference said,
在猶他是可行的。」
there were many who said,
在這裡都不會成功。」
They won't succeed here."
an affordable housing organization
our first 100 units.
100 chronically homeless people
長期無家可歸的人
we decided to create a pilot
我們決定做個試驗,
先來測試該想法是否可行。
the first 100 units.
scattered throughout Salt Lake City.
鹽湖城各地的既有單位。
high-functioning homeless persons
高功能無家可歸的街友?
最具挑戰性的?
ones we could find?
on the ranch came into play.
for that stove all those years,
the big end of the log first,
of the log first" approach
「先劈圓木較大的一端」,
長期無家可歸街友中,
people we could find,
最有挑戰性、最困難的,
the most from them.
我們能從他們身上學到最多。
one of the young case managers said,
其中一位年輕的個案經理說:
up at our university classes
was the most effective.
來讓他們繼續住在住房中。」
over those next 10 years,
建立了數百個單位,
chronic homeless population
to go away, to disappear,
I gained many insights
我深刻理解到
came to me a few years ago
with our medical outreach team.
一同去做拜訪。
the street homeless and the prostitutes
had given birth to 31 children
were their husbands,
有些皮條客就是她們的丈夫,
或 30 初頭,
enough money a day to support
they were paid more,
this would lead to a pregnancy.
沒有保護措施會導致懷孕。
many times end up becoming homeless.
下場常常就是無家可歸。
those born under those circumstances,
在那些情況下出生的孩子,
a drug addict at age seven,
就變成毒蟲的父母,
born through drug addiction,
every person is of value,
每個人都有其價值,
at somebody with this start in life
去責怪他們的處境,
"My goal in life is to become homeless."
「我的人生目標是要無家可歸。」
reduction and Housing First model.
和住屋優先模型的美好之處。
of the different factors
taught us many lessons.
教了我們許多東西。
on the street for many years,
of these transition lessons.
why he had not turned up the heat
為什麼公寓那麼冷
in the can on the stove,
the campfires for many years.
that he had not seen in 25 years,
25 年沒見到了,
and Donald are now housed
現在有房子可以住,
communities are incurring
with an open heart,
to our homeless citizens,
帶給無家可歸的市民,
my brothers and sisters.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lloyd Pendleton - Homeless advocateLloyd Pendleton wants to eliminate chronic homelessness.
Why you should listen
After retiring from high-ranking positions at Ford Motor Company and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lloyd Pendleton began his second career as the Director of Utah's Homeless Task Force in 2006. His goal: to functionally eliminate the state's chronic homelessness problem within 10 years. Through Utah's Housing First program, Pendleton prioritized providing the homeless with short-term assistance to find permanent housing quickly, and without conditions. With access to permanent, stable housing, individuals were better equipped to sustainably improve their wellbeing. The Housing First approach succeeded in reducing the number of homeless from 1,932 to 168 by 2016. Pendleton retired from state employment in June 2015 and has since been consulting with other states about different approaches to eliminate chronic homelessness.
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