by Cecilia Blanford | 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 Cecilia Blanford | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
You shall not abuse a needy and destitute laborer, whether a fellow countryman or a stranger in one of the communities of your land. You must pay him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets, for he is needy and sets his life on it; else he will cry to God...
by Cecilia Blanford | Mar 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Members of House the Homeless protest at an Austin City Council meeting to consider changes to the City’s “No Sit/No Lie” ordinance. The following is the testimony of Richard R. Troxell, president of House the Homeless, Inc., before the Health and...
by Cecilia Blanford | Mar 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
The following is a letter from James C. Harrington, Director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, to the Mayor of Austin, Texas, and the members of the City Council, supporting House the Homeless president, Richard R. Troxell’s, testimony that the “No Sit/No Lie”...
by Cecilia Blanford | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
The following is a letter from Richard R. Troxell, president of House the Homeless, to the members of the Austin City Council Health and Human Services Committee, informing them that the “No Sit/No Lie” ordinance violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. First, I...