Housing First

The Challenge…

Charles had been homeless longer than he could remember. Over the past 10 years, he had spent time staying with family, living on the street, staying in abandoned trailers and homeless shelters, and receiving treatment at detox programs and mental health facilities.

The Solution…

Charles was accepted into Action Inc.’s Housing First program. “I had my team around me, my case manager and my psychiatrist,” he said.

Charles is now the manager of two gas stations and has been living in an apartment in Gloucester. He shares that his mother visited earlier this month. “She told me she was proud of me,” he said with tears in his eyes.