The "Problem" with the Homeless
Has war been declared on the homeless? Should we fence off our parks, prevent people from getting food from food pantries and prevent...
County to Pass Financial Woes on to the Poor
So, when someone is getting evicted by the sheriff, it usually means one thing. They have no place to go or no resources...
Housing & Homelessness: Cuts plus no new City funding.
In a year when we have heard all about adding 30 police officers to our City budget and the police department budget went from...
Salvation Army – Doesn’t want our money?
Sometimes I think the Salvation Army gets the award for being most ungrateful. Or for being the biggest scammers when it comes to...
Assume they are drug dealers . . .
A landlord, a drug sniffing dog and a chief of police walk into a press conference . . . I wish it were the...
Community Response to Stereotyping the Homeless
Follow up to Homeless Conference, more media, audio of the event and pictures, what's next, and Blaska's coming to the meeting! A special...
Homeless, Working Poor and Housing
I was talking to another blogger and we concluded that it is just so difficult to know where to begin to address these issues...
Homelessness Up In Madison – Families and Children
Here's some sobering statistics about homeless families and children. I caught the article in the Wisconsin State Journal, and the predictable hateful comments...
Mixed Messages about the Homeless
On the one hand, there was a meeting on campus to help people understand homelessness and that people who are homeless are human beings...