by Pat Hartman | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
August 17, 2010: Richard R. Troxell and House the Homeless at the Austin City Council meeting. When the words “City Council meeting” are mentioned, many people, for one reason or another, tend to zone out. But stick around, and you will hear an amazing thing. Last...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
We have talked about the inordinate amount of time, energy, and financial resources that are spent on preventing benches from being slept on, or even sat on by people experiencing homelessness. The same brand of madness goes on over public bathrooms. The object...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
HomeAid is scheduled for November 11 and 12, during the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. It is a virtual happening, very Earth-friendly. (And besides, everybody is too broke to travel. If any spare change is lurking between the couch...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
People have some strange mental pictures of “the homeless.” Want to see a homeless person? Take a look in the mirror. Tomorrow, you could be the homeless person. Very few of us are guaranteed immunity from the disasters of life. For example, that financier, the...
by Pat Hartman | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
No matter what a homeless person might do, whether it’s to return some lost money, or to be found dead in a dumpster, their identity is “homeless.” It’s as if the individual’s status as a non-owner and non-renter of real estate is the most important thing about her or...
