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Community Solutions speaker urges systems approach, buying existing housing and new construction methods to scale housing
Summary
Roseanne Haggerty of Community Solutions described the Built for Zero operating system, urged real‑time data coordination, and outlined strategies including acquiring existing market units and rapid modular builds (the Melody project) to expand affordable and supportive housing.
Roseanne Haggerty, president and CEO of Community Solutions, told the symposium that cities that have sustained reductions in homelessness combine three elements: a joined, accountable operating system; a rapid increase in housing supply across multiple housing types; and broad public narratives that homelessness can be made rare and brief.
Haggerty described the Built for Zero operating system used by more than 180 communities and summarized…
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