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One of the most frequent challenges we encounter is fielding questions that don’t have easy or straightforward answers. There are some tools you can use to answer these questions, even if you don’t have all the information at your fingertips.
There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to the variety of challenging questions you’ll encounter when talking to people about homelessness. But there are some simple guidelines that will help you frame and organize your response to any of these questions. You can start by building empathy and keeping lines of communication open. In these moments, you might feel pressured to respond directly and provide specific information, but these questions often are an opportunity to address the underlying concerns, stigmas, or misinformation from which they stem.