In part three of our housing series, In My Place, we continue our discussion on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused.

This series, thanks in part to support from Pinnacle Financial Partners, brings in national and local guests to discuss everything from best practices to worst failures — and we get to hear from people who intimately know the complexities of having nowhere to go. In today’s episode, we focus on what it entails to assist a person transitioning from homelessness to housing.

Today’s guests:

• Adam Ruege, Director of Strategy and Evaluation, Community Solutions
• Sally Lott, Systems Improvement Advisory, Community Solutions
• April Calvin, Director, Office of Homeless Services
• Rachel Hester, Executive Director, Room In The Inn
• Traci Pekovitch, Program manager, Consumer & Employee Safety Mandatory Outpatient Treatment Coordinator, Mental Health Co-operative
• Vicky Batcher, expert through lived experience, Neighborhood Health board member

Tasha A.F. Lemley

After a year of displacement, Khandi Huddleston and her three children have been in their new home for 6 months.

Further in:

• Overview Episode of In My Place
• Episode 1: Homelessness Facts and Faces
• Episode 2: Housing First
• Hear more of Khandi’s story in this TIN episode
• United States Interagency Council on Homelessness