HomeMy WebLinkAboutRuckelshaus Center_Housing Security_Guiding Principles WorksheetRuckelshaus Center Pathways to Housing Security Guiding Principles Worksheet
Assess Current Alignment to Guiding Principles for Advancing Housing Security
For each guiding principle, select the extent of alignment that describes your organization or community.
A. Foster productive narratives around housing security and homelessness.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
B. Mobilize a multi-sector response to advance housing security.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
C. Respond to the holistic and interdependent nature of housing security.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
D. Design the response to housing insecurity around what people and communities need to thrive.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
E. Undo the harm of structural racism and other forms of systemic disadvantage that produce
housing inequity.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
F. Employ a sense of urgency about both meeting immediate needs and initiating steps for long-
term progress.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
G. Amplify the influence of those most affected by homelessness and housing instability.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
H. Create conditions that reduce competition and facilitate cooperation.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
I. Address the inability of the housing market to meet housing needs.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
J. Sustain the response to housing insecurity through stability in infrastructure, relationships, and
appropriately scaled resources.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
K. Prepare to adapt to changing circumstances, unanticipated disruptions, and new knowledge.
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT BUT
DONE BY OTHERS
REFLECTED IN SOME
OF WHAT WE DO
REFLECTED IN MOST
OF WHAT WE DO
CENTRAL TO
EVERYTHING WE DO
Ruckelshaus Center Pathways to Housing Security Guiding Principles Worksheet
Reflect
Pick a principle that you described as “not recognized as important”, “important but done by others”, or
“reflected in some of what we do”
Note the principle you are exploring: _____________________________________________
What internal factors affect how aligned you can be to this principle?
What assumptions reinforce how aligned you are to this principle?
What external factors affect how aligned you are to this principle?
What else caused you to assign the descriptor that you chose?
Ruckelshaus Center Pathways to Housing Security Guiding Principles Worksheet
Identify Actions – To help you align more deeply with this principle…
What could change in how you carry out your core functions?
What could change in your internal policies, practices, and structures?
What could change in how you communicate?
What could change in how you track and assess what you do?
What else could you change?
Commit to a First Step – In the next 3 weeks, I will…