Homeless by the Numbers

The 2016 national homeless count was about 550,000, and indicated that one out of five people experiencing homelessness resides in either New York or Los Angeles. California contains 28% of all the homeless people in America. Five states account for half the homeless,...

How Clean Does a New Broom Sweep?

Nobody wants to flush dollars down the toilet. Here is a sentence from “An Open Letter to the Trump Administration”; written by House the Homeless: Attack Taxpayer Waste: Address the shortcomings of the Supplemental Security Income Stipend, SSI that will result in...

Does Tyrone Poole Have the Rental Housing Answer?

Nobody wants to flush dollars down the toilet. Here is a sentence from “An Open Letter to the Trump Administration”; written by House the Homeless: Attack Taxpayer Waste: Address the shortcomings of the Supplemental Security Income Stipend, SSI that will result in...

Individuals Making a Difference

Last week, House the Homeless considered the activities of Pastor Kelly Boyd of Eugene, Oregon, who brings together givers and people who need things. By running for city council, he combines the faith-based approach with the political approach. In some states of the...

Back to the Grassroots in Eugene, Oregon

One school of thought believes that funneling all help, and all the helped, through official channels should be the only permissible route. In some places, that philosophy goes even further, to a conviction that anyone who says, “No, thank you” to a solution the...