Blog Profile / Change.org's End Homelessness Blog
| URL : | http://homelessness.change.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Human Rights | |
| Posts on Regator: | 264 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.8 | |
| Archived Since: | July 27, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demeaning, Illegal Work
What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling:
Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Show More Summary
LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of the Dodo Bird
Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. Show More Summary
Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unpunished
Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there.
In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at...Show More Summary
The Human Right to Housing Revisited
On December 10th, 2008 the D.C. Council declared Washington, D.C. to be the first human rights city in the nation. Sadly, the Council still has not taken any steps beyond that to enforce any human rights, least of all the human right to housing.
One of my first posts here was about the human right to housing and focused on the 2009 visit by U.N. Show More Summary
Texas Town Delays and Weakens Plans for a Homeless Committee, Again
When they say everything is bigger in Texas, you would hope that would also mean a larger sense of compassion. But when it comes to dealing with homelessness, that's not always the case. The City Council of Lubbock, Texas, has once again...Show More Summary
Put Housing First in the Second City
This week, the Chicago City Council's Housing and Finance committees voted 13 to 8 to send an affordable housing bill to lame-duck mayor Richard Daley. Can it make the windy city a bit more hospitable to low-income people?
The measure,...Show More Summary
A Roving Tent City Continues to Look for a Home
Nickelsville, the self-sufficient tent city in Seattle that has been working towards making things better for those who are homeless but not helpless, moved into a new location this week. While residents, who call themselves Nickelodeans,...Show More Summary
His Success Story Gets Two Thumbs Up
Yes, Anthony is homeless. We met at a rotating shelter near Detroit. When Anthony first lost his job and place to live, he tried squatting in an abandoned building filled with people using drugs.
Then he found MCREST Rotating Shelter. Show More Summary
Victory! HUD Prevents Domestic Violence Survivors From Becoming Homeless
Activists do a great job advocating for change. We should also pause to celebrate when change happens. Here's a great example of a victory on the fronts of homelessness and domestic violence.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development...Show More Summary
Preventable Tragedy: A Hawaiian Teen's Suicide After Foster Care
Hawaiian teen Erwin Viado Celes had a lot going for him when he killed himself last September at age 19. He had a steady job at a pizza restaurant, college aspirations, a mentor in his kickboxing coach, and caring friends who now are fundraising to cover his burial costs. Show More Summary
Choosing Streets Over Shelters
This week I was in Washington, D.C. I had a few meetings, and even though it was raining out, I decided to walk because I didn't have money for taxi rides.
I met a few new homeless friends along the way. Calvin has only been homeless for a month. Show More Summary
Dallas County Cuts Critical Funding for Homeless Center
"Help the Homeless Week" kicked off last Thursday in Dallas, but something was noticeably absent from the opening day breakfast fundraiser, and I'm not talking about pancakes. Mike Rawlings, the city's former homeless czar, zapped some...Show More Summary
Homeless Teen's Potential Foster Parents Deserve Medal, Not Hate
More bad news on the foster care front. Or rather, bad news about a would-be foster care placement. Lutheran Child Family Services, an organization in Illinois that received $20 million from the state last year, declined to place a homeless...Show More Summary
Instead of Pushing the Homeless Around, Standardize Practices
The homeless are often targets of hate crimes. They are regularly told by cops to move along. They are unwelcome guests at some public places like libraries. They are sometimes even prevented from "loitering" in front of the shelter where they live. Show More Summary
Living in a Shelter, Looking on the Bright Side
I met LaQuisha and her daughter at a rotating shelter (meaning that residents are shifted between churches) near Detroit. Although living in a homeless shelter can be challenging, LaQuisha works hard to look at the bright side. She was...Show More Summary
Homeless in Columbus, Ohio Only Guaranteed Shelter When the Mercury Drops to 25 Degrees
Temperatures are dropping and shelter doors are... closing? While Washington D.C. officials push a plan to turn away non-residents from area shelters, homeless people in Columbus, Ohio have been turned away from shelters with nowhere...Show More Summary
You Have the Right to an Attorney, Except When You're Homeless
Apparently San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius is unfamiliar with the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to an attorney.
With an estimated 10,000 "quality of life" violations a year in San Francisco for crimes such...Show More Summary
Haiti's Homeless Told to Move Before Tropical Storm, But Move Where?
As Tropical Storm Tomas nears Haiti, more than a million people in Port-au-Prince who are still homeless from January's earthquake are being told to seek shelter. Well, if they could, they would. Some have nothing except a tarp to protect...Show More Summary
Make Sure Ending Veteran Homelessness Is on the Agenda
The nation's Department of Veterans Affairs serves about 92,000 homeless veterans. Veteran homelessness is a difficult task to tackle, and the VA is no doubt making a commendable effort, no matter how short the scope of its assistance may fall of the ideal. Show More Summary
Sitting Is Now Illegal in San Francisco. Next up: Breathing
Don't just sit there! Why? Because it's now illegal in San Francisco.
On the ballot yesterday was the controversial Proposition L, better known as the sit-lie ordinance, designed to ban sitting on city sidewalks between the hours of 7 a.m. Show More Summary