By both housing and empowering people with lived experience of homelessness, Envision’s approach transforms the traditional “homeless shelter” model. Led entirely by people who’ve faced housing instability, Envision Community’s self-governed setting builds community, health, and stability.

As one person facing housing instability put it, “People in our community have been working on social change for many years. Now we—people who’ve experienced homelessness—want to have a say in what happens.”