by dbs | Oct 25, 2022 | Homelessness
Soaring housing costs and stagnant wages have pushed thousands of people into economic distress in Seattle, which already has one of the largest unhoused populations in the US. Despite pandemic programs intended to ease the homelessness crisis, it has only worsened...
by dbs | Oct 24, 2022 | Homelessness
Photo from Bay Area Morning Report <e-news@email.bayareanewsgroup.com> Four months ago, reporter Marisa Kendall wrote about Daniel McClenon, an artist whose work stops people in their tracks but who had been living on the streets for years, unable to find a...
by dbs | Oct 5, 2022 | Homelessness, Mental-Health
Newsy takes an inside look at Miami-Dade’s Mental Health Program, and how it helps people get treatment, and avoid jail. Behind the barbed wire of jails and prisons across the country people with mental illnesses are incarcerated. But behind the doors at this...
by dbs | Oct 5, 2022 | Homelessness
The state set aside $100 million for New York City conversions, but lawmakers haven’t removed regulatory hurdles for developers. Read the complete article by Martin Z Braun at bloomberg.com. A former Jehovah’s Witness hotel being converted to affordable housing...
by dbs | Oct 5, 2022 | Homelessness
D.C.’s homeless encampment program only moves to shut down an encampment if it becomes a threat to public health, safety or makes green space unusable. Read the complete story and watch the videos at wusa9.com. wusa9.com...
by dbs | Oct 5, 2022 | Homelessness
The District, like the entire United States, is facing a mental health crisis as people cope with the trauma and stress caused by COVID, systemic racism, basic needs getting more expensive due to inflation, and increased violence. Today, Councilmember Robert White,...
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