by Pat Hartman | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
In 2005, the National Coalition for the Homeless listed the 20 American cities where people experiencing homelessness seemed to be most unwelcome. We are looking at the top five, then and now. Las Vegas, Nevada, and Atlanta, Georgia, have already been...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last time, following up an a 2005 report by the National Coalition for the Homeless, we looked at the #5 (Las Vegas, Nevada) and #4 (Atlanta, Georgia) cities most inimical to people experiencing homelessness at the time of the report, and also at more...
by House the Homeless | Jun 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
GOAL:$4000 = 500 Hats COLLECTED AS OF 7/25:$600 = 75 Hats Due to the extreme heat in Austin this spring and summer, House the Homeless is again conducting the Swap-A-Hat program. People experiencing homelessness will be given the opportunity to either swap their...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
A 2005 report by the National Coalition for the Homeless listed what were, at the time, the 20 meanest cities, the ones with the worst records in terms of anti-homeless laws, selectivity of enforcement, severity of penalties, and their general political...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
There are three kinds of “first-person” accounts of homelessness, the first being, of course, narratives that originate with the authentic homeless. They tell their own stories and the stories of other street people their lives have intersected with, which is almost...
