Community Solutions

Community Solutions is a nonprofit organization working to create a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind. Founded in 2011 by Rosanne Haggerty, the organization has emerged as a leading force in transforming how communities across the United States address the complex challenge of homelessness. The organization operates Built for Zero, a national movement comprising over 100 cities and counties that are using data-driven approaches to measurably reduce homelessness and make it rare, brief, and nonrecurring.

The organization takes a systems-level approach to solving homelessness, recognizing that it is not just individual circumstances but structural and systemic failures that perpetuate this crisis. Community Solutions works with communities to build robust response systems that prevent people from losing housing in the first place, move people into housing quickly, and expand affordable housing options. Their methodology emphasizes real-time data collection, coordinated action, and accountability. In their first four years alone, Community Solutions helped 25 times as many people as their team's previous 20 years of combined work, demonstrating the scalable impact of their approach. The organization is headquartered at 519 Rockaway Ave in Brooklyn, New York, and maintains partnerships with major foundations and corporations including the MacArthur Foundation, Ballmer Group, Kaiser Permanente, and the Home Depot Foundation.