Podcasts
How Homelessness Works
Josh and Chuck discuss the increasing numbers of homeless people in the United States in 2010. They explain how the economic recession helped increase homelessness, how homelessness happens, including minimum wage, lack of affordable housing, destruction of low income housing, lack of funds to help people with mental illness, addiction, and domestic violence.
Josh and Chuck discuss the increasing numbers of homeless people in the United States in 2010. They explain how the economic recession helped increase homelessness, how homelessness happens, including minimum wage, lack of affordable housing, destruction of low income housing, lack of funds to help people with mental illness, addiction, and domestic violence.
The new thinking on how we can solve homelessness
Mario Gonzalez, a homeless shelter monitor who has also lived in homeless shelters in New York, talks about the what happens in some shelters. Maria Foscarinis, the executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, explains how shelters are short-term, "band-aid" solutions to the homeless issue.
Mario Gonzalez, a homeless shelter monitor who has also lived in homeless shelters in New York, talks about the what happens in some shelters. Maria Foscarinis, the executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, explains how shelters are short-term, "band-aid" solutions to the homeless issue.
News Sources
New Amazon Building in Seattle Will Include A Homeless Shelter
Amazon will share space in their new six story office building with Mary's Place, a homeless organization, which is much more than just a shelter. Amazon has been criticized about not donating to help end homelessness, so they took a different approach to the issue.
Amazon will share space in their new six story office building with Mary's Place, a homeless organization, which is much more than just a shelter. Amazon has been criticized about not donating to help end homelessness, so they took a different approach to the issue.
National Alliance to End Homelessness is a great source to obtain statistics related to homelessness, who it affects, how we can help on the most basic of levels, as well as a place to read different blogs, publications, and watch related webinars.