Rosanne Haggerty (born 1961) is an American housing and community development leader, and founder of Common Ground Community and later of

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. Haggerty redeveloped the

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, a building on the

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, reducing homelessness by 87 percent in the 20-block neighborhood around it. Haggerty attended

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for a bachelor's in American studies,

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for a

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, and is a PhD student in sociology at

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. She was an Adelaide Thinker in Residence in

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. South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Social Inclusion Commissioner David Cappo backed Haggerty's recommendations with a multimillion-dollar investment in inner-city apartment buildings tailor-made for homeless people, establishing Common Ground Adelaide and Street to Home.

Awards and honors

*1998 Peter Drucker Award *2001

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*2003 Honorary Doctorate from

*2007

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*2008 Goto Shimpei Award *2012 Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism *2015

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*2015 Design Mind by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s National Design Award *2017 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from

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*2017 John W. Gardner Leadership Award

References

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External links

"An interview with Rosanne Haggerty of Common Ground Community"
''Shelterforce'', Issue #125, September/October 2002
"Q&A: Why Houses Cost Less Than Homelessness"
''Good'', Kyla Fullenwider, February 9, 2010 1961 births Amherst College alumni American social entrepreneurs Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni American homelessness activists Housing rights activists from New York City Living people MacArthur Fellows {{US-activist-stub