This insightful blog by Mallory VanMeeter, hosted on the Homeless Hub, explores the pivotal role community can play in addressing youth homelessness. It emphasizes the importance of natural supports and informal housing solutions like extended kin and chosen family, and discusses the challenges and opportunities these arrangements present. The resource advocates for enhanced community resources and policy reforms to support these non-traditional support systems, underlining their potential to make youth homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.