What do you think would happen if you invited an individual with mental health issues who had been homeless for many years to move directly from the street into housing? Loyd Pendleton shares how he went from skeptic to believer in the Housing First approach to homelessness -- providing the displaced with short-term assistance to find permanent housing quickly and without conditions -- and how it led to a 91 percent reduction in chronic homelessness over a ten-year period in Utah.

Lloyd Pendleton: The Housing First approach to homelessness

The Housing First approach to homelessness

Utah's Housing First program drastically cut chronic homelessness by 91% in 10 years, proving stability starts with a home.

Learning moment: A previously homeless man discovers how to use a thermostat, symbolizing the relearning process for the housed.

Through listening and empathy, we see the homeless not as problems to be solved, but as people with stories worthy of dignity.