by Pat Hartman | Jan 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
In Wisconsin Death Trip, Michael Lesy retrieves true news about America in the late 1800s. Even then, an arsonist who didn’t get caught might have to turn himself in, because the whole point of the crime was to get in out of the weather and be fed. House the Homeless...
by Pat Hartman | Dec 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Recently, Kathryn Phelan wrote about the tragedy that brought so many immigrants to America: Forty percent of Ireland’s population died in the mid-1800s, in the Great Famine. Men stole food, either to feed their families or in the hope of going to jail, where they...
by Pat Hartman | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last month, at Austin’s 25th Homeless Memorial, participants read the names of 187 poverty-stricken people who died in Austin this year. Earlier this month, the Austin American-Statesman published a commentary by House the Homeless president Richard R. Troxell. He...
by House the Homeless | Dec 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
In case you were wondering if the Thermal Underwear Drive will take place again this year, the answer is, of course! The date is January 1, that’s New Year’s Day, and the place is First Baptist Church, 901 Trinity Street, Austin, TX 78701. Guests will attend from 12...
by Pat Hartman | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
The constant shrinkage of the SRO stock (the number of Single Room Occupancy rooms) in America is shameful, and for various historical reasons San Francisco has been particularly hard hit. Recently, Frances Saux wrote: A 1979 study counted 26,884 SRO units in San...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ace Backwords, who has written extensively on homeless issues, used to live in a single-room occupancy building (SRO) in Berkeley, California. Although he employs an inelegant synonym, that’s what he’s talking about here: If they want to solve the homeless problem,...
