My Dog is My Home: Co-Sheltering / Co-Housing 101: A Review of Different Models

What does it take to provide truly inclusive shelter and housing for people and their pets? In this panel discussion, representatives from four unique organizations—each operating a different type of emergency or permanent housing—that welcome pets into their settings and have made co-sheltering a part of their standard practice. Learn how Father Joe’s Villages, PATH, Found House IHN and The Urban Resource Institute (URI) have approached incorporating companion animals into the fabric of the services they provide, the policies that they have enacted, and the results they have seen.

This talk was recorded at the 2025 My Dog is My Home Co-Sheltering Conference.

Presenter(s): Jesse Casement, Beau Ebner Chaverri, Tescia Uribe, Garrett Parsons, Moderator: Vickie Ramirez

keywords: 2025 My Dog is My Home Co-Sheltering Conference, animal well-being, unhoused people with pets, keeping pets with people, Jesse Casement, Beau Ebner Chaverri, Tescia Uribe, Garrett Parsons, Vickie Ramirez