by Pat Hartman | Mar 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
It used to be that Southern California was the predictor. Whatever the folks in LA were doing, the rest of the country would be doing it pretty soon. Maybe that tendency still applies. In the case of homeless dumping, let’s hope not. Some deny that there is...
by Pat Hartman | Mar 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here, in no particular order, are a few contributing factors to becoming homeless. 1. The earthquake/tsunami combination is a guaranteed creator of homelessness on a massive scale. Live in a place like Japan, Haiti, or California, and sooner or later,...
by Pat Hartman | Mar 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to say anything negative about shelters when municipal and state budgets everywhere are being cut. The last thing you want to do is give some bureaucrat the excuse to decide, “Shelters can be awful places, so let’s stop funding them.” And no one wants to...
by Pat Hartman | Mar 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Maria Foscarinis is founder and executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. (Her complete biography is found at the NLCHP website.) She calls for a commitment to the principle that “in a country as wealthy as ours,...
by Pat Hartman | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
For the sociologically inquisitive, the headline “Bonne Terre Council meets about homeless shelter” (link is ours) is irresistible. Knowing nothing whatsoever about this city in Missouri, except that its name means “good earth,” a person can easily imagine...
