by Cecilia Blanford | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
On January 1, 2013, House the Homeless (HTH) held its 13th annual Thermal Underwear Giveaway Party. While there are between 4,000 and 6,000 people experiencing homelessness in the Austin Metropolitan area, there are only 607 emergency shelter beds for every man,...
by Cecilia Blanford | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
House the Homeless marches in the 2013 MLK Day Parade A Book Review With Reflections on Society Over 50 Years After MLK Why We Can’t Wait Wages As a Civil Rights Issue Imagine my delight routing through the 25¢ bins in west Texas when I came across a gem by the late,...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Richard R. Troxell, founder of the nonprofit group House the Homeless in Austin, TX, has initiated a campaign to “Discharge No One Into Homelessness” (DNOIH) which he is convinced will resonate with many people. In Surviving on the Streets, Ace Backwords mentions...
by Pat Hartman | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
The coroner can usually identify the bodies, but most of the time their families don’t collect the remains. So once a year, in autumn, the county… buries them in a single grave at Evergreen…. The cemetery keeps people’s remains for four years, he said, in case anyone...
by Pat Hartman | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
In January of this year, it was widely reported that in the 2006-2010 period, the number of female veterans experiencing homelessness had more than doubled. The jump was from 1,380 to 3,328. One thing to remember about this number is, it doesn’t count the...
