by dbs | Aug 30, 2022 | Homelessness
“The stress from the heat really exacerbates psychosis, and then it becomes so much harder to get people in to engage in any services,” Gomez said. But surviving summers in Phoenix without shelter is hard. In July, when temperatures here stayed above 110...
by dbs | Aug 26, 2022 | Homelessness
The needs of homeowners and businesses and those of people who are unsheltered often conflict. Community leaders, faced with increasing crime and disorder, frequently see police sweeps as the only answer, while advocates for homeless people argue that this response is...
by dbs | Aug 14, 2022 | Homelessness
The nation’s fourth-largest city hasn’t solved homelessness, but its remarkable progress can suggest a way forward. One steamy morning last July, Ana Rausch commandeered a shady corner of a parking lot on the northwest side of Houston. Downing a jumbo iced coffee, she...
by dbs | Aug 14, 2022 | Homelessness
Christ House was one of the first medical respite centers, and it’s now one of 133 programs spread across 37 states and Washington D.C. They all offer homeless people a safe place to recover from surgery or other acute illness, learn to manage a chronic...
by dbs | Jul 31, 2022 | Homelessness
“The only way you’re going to remove the hundreds of thousands of people, and maybe, throughout our nation, millions of people … and help make our cities clean, safe and beautiful again,” Donald Trump said this week at a quasi-homecoming rally in D.C., “is to open up...
by dbs | Jul 11, 2022 | Homelessness
Nearly two decades ago, California voters passed a landmark tax on millionaires envisioned as a game changer for mental health. “No one who is mentally ill and now on the street will be on the street in five years,” promised the late Rusty Selix, who was executive...
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