In this Black Headline News Live episode, news anchor, Julia Dudley Najieb, reviews the solutions a few cities and counties across the nations are using to decrease homelessness dramatically in this Part 1: Homelessness, replicating solutions that have been proven to work broadcast.

From an Ethnic Media Service briefing last month, Dudley Najieb shared the excerpts of a few success stories of these almost "functional zero" homelessness cities and counties. Community advocates, Mary Scott who is located in Bakersfield, Calif., and Marcus Salter, who is a part of several nonprofits in Columbus, Ohio, spoke about how their organizations achieved significant decreases in homeless residents.