Lynn Housing Authority

This Coordinated Community Plan for the City of Lynn aims to prevent and end youth homelessness by promoting stable housing options, improving systemic responses, and implementing comprehensive prevention strategies. Key focus areas include ensuring youth-specific housing, enhancing data collection and Coordinated Entry processes, fostering educational and employment pathways, and investing in social-emotional well-being. The plan emphasizes creating permanent connections for youth, providing trauma-informed care, and addressing disparities for minoritized populations through collaborative community partnerships and youth-led initiatives, with the ultimate goal of making any event of homelessness rare, brief, and a one-time occurrence.

This Annual PHA Plan for Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development outlines policies, rules, and services to address the housing needs of low-income, very low-income, and extremely low-income families. The plan emphasizes Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) through key strategies: promoting equity and access to affordable housing for all, ensuring diversity in tenant and applicant pools via community engagement and language services, increasing diversity among tenants and staff through integrated experiences, and investing in staff training for fair housing practices.

Lynn Continuum of Care's Coordinated Community Plan aims to end youth homelessness by providing accessible, safe, and equitable housing opportunities, ensuring homelessness is rare, brief, and a one-time event. The plan focuses on six key goals: promoting stable housing, improving system efficacy and equity, implementing prevention strategies, strengthening identification mechanisms, supporting education, employment, and overall well-being, and fostering permanent connections for youth. It prioritizes youth-led and equity-centric approaches to empower young people towards long-term stability.