On Wednesday, Aug. 30, we hosted a "Town Hall" on policies that help and hurt the work to address homelessness at the United Way of Greater Houston.

Our moderated panel conversation featured panelists with expertise in topics including affordable housing, criminalization of homelessness, grassroots advocacy, and the role of the business community in addressing homelessness.

Watch to learn more about the intersections of these issues and policies and their impact on homelessness.

Our featured panelists and moderator:

• Kris Larson - President & CEO of the Downtown District
• Chrishelle Palay - Executive Director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) and our Board Member
  
• Ruth Lopez Turley - Professor of Sociology & Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
• Moderator: Mark Smith - our Director of Strategic Planning - CoC and Advocacy