In 2025, JDI set out to investigate different ways our member programs were meeting survivors’ housing needs and how we, as the coalition, could support programs in this area. We were especially interested in learning how programs engage with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and what resources they needed to leverage this funding in service to their communities.
To help answer these questions, JDI engaged Framework Strategies, a consulting firm with expertise in housing solutions for survivors of gender based violence and the HUD Continuum of Care program. Consultants at Framework Strategies spent six months under contract with JDI to develop the Survivor Housing Action Plan, an agenda of work that centers survivors’ needs and advocates’ voices. With big appreciation for all those advocates who shared their feedback and ideas, we are excited to share this agenda and workplan for the road ahead.
