What is current performance of the Concord Housing (In)Stability System? The performance of the Concord Housing (In)Stability System can be described in a number of ways–outcomes for the beneficiaries of a system, effectiveness (user benefit), efficiency (ratio of output to inputs), stakeholder satisfaction, etc. The numbers are difficult to come by. And every estimate comesContinue reading “Homeless (In)Stability System Performance”
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Is Ending Homelessness a Commons?
Why is ending homelessness in our community an example of a commons? There are many agencies, institutions and government departments in the Concord, NH community working on some facet of the prevention, service and resolution of homelessness. The diagram shows numerous purpose-driven groups working hard on one or more parts of the system–social services, publicContinue reading “Is Ending Homelessness a Commons?”
Seen any lately? What is a commons?
What is a commons? From medieval times, commons referred to any resource used together with others–grazing land, forests, water use. From modern times it has been described as any common pool natural resource, such as fishing rights, irrigation, pastures. The “tragedy of the commons” as described by Garrett Hardin in 1968 is that if notContinue reading “Seen any lately? What is a commons?”
NH Collective Health Impact 