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State of Homelessness Event

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The State of Homelessness

& Affordable Housing

We’ll see you again on Monday, November 18th, 2024!

On Thursday, November 16th, 2023 the Washtenaw Housing Alliance hosted its annual breakfast and program event in recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Thank you to our speakers for coming to present and thank you to everyone who joined us! If you missed joining us in person you can watch the full event here.

During the event the WHA premiered a new short video which we created in partnership with area service providers and those living in our county impacted by homelessness.

A lot was discussed at the event - from what the State plans are on housing and homelessness to what’s happening for winter shelter in Washtenaw County. Take a look at our speaker presentations and additional videos shared:

There were also Calls to Action shared at the event! Please consider supporting by taking action right now in one or more ways. Click the button below for the list of actions (for the plain text version click here).

 

Thank you to our 2023 event sponsors!

Premier Sponsor ($10,000)

Song Foundation

 

Presenting Sponsor ($5,000)

Bank of Ann Arbor

Old National Bank

Trinity Health Ann Arbor & Chelsea Hospital

Housing For All Sponsor ($2,500)

Chelsea State Bank

Louise & Dave Lutton

 

Blueprint Sponsor ($1,000)

Avalon Housing

Carlisle Wortman Associates

Zingerman’s Community of Businesses

Community Sponsor ($500)

Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation

Norman & Debbie Herbert

Hylant

Joan Lowenstein & Jonathan Trobe

Michigan Medicine

Trillium Real Estate

 

2022 SoHAH Recap

Last year we were joined by several speakers sharing federal, state, and local housing updates. Also joining us was Keynote Speaker, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who spoke on how housing is linked to not only healthcare but also, at the core, to so many social issues affecting one’s wellbeing. During the event the WHA premiered two short videos which we created in partnership with area service providers and those living in our county impacted by homelessness. Thank you to the United Way of Washtenaw County's Justice Fund for funding this project. The videos can be viewed here (provider experiences) and here (lived experiences with homelessness).

Our 2022 speakers shared a lot of information and numbers at the event. Take a look at our speaker presentations:

Learn more about WHA member agencies and the roles they play to address hunger and homelessness in our community.

 

Past Event Highlights & Press Coverage

 
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Above images are of speakers from the 2018 Voices of Homelessness storytelling event.

 

Courtesy of MLive. Ypsilanti teens Sakinah Rahman and Zakiyyah Rahman performed “Scattered Thoughts” at a Voices of Homelessness storytelling event Nov. 9, 2018, at Ypsilanti Freighthouse.

In recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2018, WHA and the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County hosted an evening of art and storytelling.

Courtesy of CTN Ann Arbor. Coverage of 2021 Hustle for Housing with the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County and WHA.