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Homeless Initiative

Built for Zero

Built for Zero a movement to measurably and equitably end homelessnessMetro Denver Homeless Initiative Built for Zero Pledge

By signing this pledge, you are committing to building and sustaining a new future where homelessness is rare and brief — a moral and public health imperative that is necessary for an equitable future.

Your community is part of MDHI’s Built for Zero region. As a community leader, you play a critical role in ensuring your local efforts are part of regional coordination. Built for Zero communities take strides toward that future by reaching functional zero for one population at a time — starting with veterans — until they’ve reached this milestone for all.

Join your fellow officials in pledging to move this work forward as a region. By pledging, you are saying:

  1. Homelessness is an issue we should address as a community and together, and we see work that makes sense to coordinate and achieve as a region as homelessness does not end at a city or county border.
  2. The coordination with the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative on Built for Zero is how my community can help coordinate its local planning on homelessness regionally to generate reductions in homelessness.
  3. I commit to helping pave the way for this work to continue at the local level. This may look like encouraging my community to utilize the Homeless Management Information System which will help us all get to real-time data, participate in (or appoint a designee) local briefing groups, or help remove barriers to the work.

Support for Veterans in Douglas County

Douglas County has proven that homelessness is solvable through quality data, coordinated outreach, and regional collaboration. Together, Douglas County and the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) celebrate the County’s achievement of Functional Zero for Veteran homelessness, since joining the Built for Zero (BFZ) movement in April 2021.

From January 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, 64% of Veterans experiencing homelessness were housed within 98 days of being identified. MDHI and Douglas County attribute this success to a system-wide commitment to continual improvement. Data review and coordinated service practices have reduced inflow, sped up housing placements, and created a sustainable model for other communities to follow.

Learn more about what this means for veterans in Douglas County.