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...
by Pat Hartman | Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s easy enough to glance at the news headlines and find examples of savage treatment, although, fortunately, the number of individuals who have been beaten or set on fire is relatively small. There is another cruelty, less extreme than physical assault, but it...
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...
by Pat Hartman | Mar 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Imagine a world where 80% of the people are without such basic needs as water, sanitation, education, healthcare, food security, or the old-age pensions — a planet where four out of five people lack what the United Nations (U.N.) calls “adequate social protection.”...
