Homeless Solutions is a non-profit in Morristown New Jersey which develops and provides emergency shelter, transitional and affordable housing.  They also provide services for families,  people with mental disabilities, single men and women.  They also have a furniture resale store which provides low priced furniture for people in need.   Volunteers can prepare meals,  assist with shopping provide childcare, and  share knowledge through teaching workshops on reading comprehension, budgeting and stress management.  Youth Leaders of Homeless Solutions  educate, fundraise and network to  raise awareness about homelessness and affordable housing. This is a diverse non-profit which provides affordable housing, furniture, resources, services, meals, and childcare. Homeless Solutions is effectively providing a variety of help for people and  is in tern combating the structural causes of homelessness. I am grateful that organizations like Homeless Solutions exist. I believe there needs to be more organizations and developers that provide affordable housing  across the U.S. This organization inspired me to look for similar organizations in CA, that I could potentially volunteer and work for! Through my research I found  Non-Profit Housing  Association of Northern California. NPH is a collective voice of those who spuuport, build and finance affordable housing. This includes The Bay Area Quality of Life Initiative aims to put a ballot measure on the nine-county Bay Area ballot (by November 2016) that will raise dedicated funds for parks and open space, transportation and transit, climate adaptation and affordable housing of %750 million to $1 billion. annually.The housing element is a long-term plan for how a local jurisdiction plans to adequately meet the existing and projected housing needs of all economic segments of the community.