Holos Communities convened a diverse and talented group of housing specialists, corporate partners, entertainment and media professionals, community members, and more to discuss for the theater debut and discussion of the Theory of Change series at the Alamo Drafthouse LA on August 3rd.

How can housing advocates work to dispel internal and persistent biases about who deserves to be housed? Commentary by Holos Board Member Matthew Haas.

We must fund all the systems that touch people - health care, mental health, education, food access and workforce development - in order to assure the success of Permanent Supportive Housing.

The desire for single-family homes further and further from city centers has led to urban sprawl and inspired several policies that have benefited white suburbanites at the expense of communities of color. This pattern has been a huge driver of the lack of housing across the country, and in Los Angeles County we see the impacts in the homelessness crisis that’s been a constant throughout the years.

When tracing the story of housing and inequity in the United States, we start to see the roots of how redlining, land use and zoning policies were the tools of choice to divide communities and exploit land for the profits of a chosen few.

Last month Holos Communities held our first DEI summit at Pepperdine University on May 22nd, spending the day reviewing core principles around diversity, equity and inclusion and strategizing organizational goals for the organization.