City Manager

HOME Community Roadshows

The HOME (Housing & Homelessness Opportunities, Mobilization, and Engagement) Roadshow is a quarterly event series hosted by the City Manager’s Office of Homeless Strategy and Partnerships to engage the Long Beach community in open and honest conversations about homelessness, housing, and the City’s ongoing efforts to address these critical challenges. Held in neighborhoods across the city, each event is designed as an open-house experience where residents can drop in at any time, explore informational stations, and speak directly with City staff and community partners.

This City-led initiative goes beyond raising awareness. It focuses on building understanding, encouraging dialogue, and working collaboratively with the community to identify shared solutions to homelessness and housing instability in Long Beach.

The HOME Roadshow aims to:

• Educate the community about the causes of homelessness and the City’s coordinated response.
• Connect attendees to services, resources, and the people doing the work every day.
• Engage diverse voices in shaping local housing and homelessness strategies.
• Empower residents with accurate information and opportunities to support the City’s efforts.

Questions? Reach out to the Office of Homeless Strategy and Partnerships at OHSP@longbeach.gov.

Missed a past roadshow? You can view and download presentations boards from past events below.

Roadshow Archive

• June 2025 Roadshow

  On Thursday, June 12, 2025, the City of Long Beach Office of Homeless Strategy and Partnerships hosted its first HOME Community Roadshow at the Houghton Park Community Center from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. The event, titled Homelessness 101, provided an overview of the City’s homelessness response system, explaining how outreach, shelter, services, and housing work together, and how different partners coordinate to serve people experiencing homelessness. Community members had the opportunity to engage with interactive posterboards, speak directly with City staff, and ask questions about local efforts and challenges.

  View the posterboards and event photos below:

  • Press Release
  • Materials
  • Photos

• Sept 2025 Roadshow

  On Saturday, September 13, 2025, the City of Long Beach Office of Homeless Strategy and Partnerships will host its next HOME Community Roadshow at Admiral Kidd Park from 12:00 to 4:00 PM. Held in collaboration with the Community Development Department’s annual Westside Promise Fest, the event will provide an overview of the City’s homelessness response system—highlighting how outreach, shelter, services, and housing work together, and how partners coordinate to support people experiencing homelessness. Community members will have the opportunity to engage with interactive posterboards, connect directly with City staff, and ask questions about local efforts and challenges.
  
  View the event materials below:

  • Press Release
  • Materials
  • Photos

• Nov 2025 Roadshow

  On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, the Office of Homeless Strategy and Partnerships participated in the Community Development Department's Planning for Housing Open House to feature its November HOME Community Roadshow. Held at the Billie Jean King Main Library, the Open House provided residents with an opportunity to learn about the City's long-range housing strategies, upcoming planning efforts, and the broader policy framework guiding future development. As part of the event, the Office highlghted the City's homelessness response system showing how outreach, shelter, services, and programs intersect with local housing planning. Community members engaged with interactive stations, spoke directly with staff, and asked questions about ongoing initiatives and challenges. The Roadshow reinforced the connection between housing production and homelessness solutions.
  
  View the event materials below:
  
  • Press Release
  • Event Recap

• Dec 2025 Roadshow

  The Office of Homeless Strategy and Partnerships invites the community to the next HOME Community Roadshow on Thursday, December 11, 2025. This interactive event will highlight the City’s homelessness response system through our posterboard stations, share updates on major projects underway, and provide information on how residents can get involved in the upcoming 2026 Homeless Count. Staff will be onsite to answer questions about how outreach, shelter, services, and housing programs work together in Long Beach, and to help recruit volunteers for both street and shelter Count activities. Participants are also encouraged to stop by our hands-on hygiene kit assembly stations. These kits will be distributed during the Homeless Count to support neighbors experiencing homelessness. This Roadshow continues the City’s commitment to transparency, education, and community partnership in addressing homelessness. Event details will be announced soon.
  
  Event Materials:
  
  • Flyer