Voices of America's Homelessness Crisis (includes @ stories)

[Velar Fricative]

Note that some of the stories featured in this lengthy piece involve families with young children.

It covers a lot of what I feel we've learned about homelessness, but this is a really comprehensive piece that includes a lot of distinct experiences and backgrounds and is worth sharing if you haven't seen it.

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[1confused1]

Thank you for sharing this. I’ll watch it tonight.

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Feb 21, 2024 16:04:43 GMT -5 1confused1 said:

Thank you for sharing this. I’ll watch it tonight.

There are a few brief video clips that you can scroll by, but it’s mostly text.

[Jalapeñomel]

I’m about halfway through, but it’s very eye opening.

Thanks for sharing!

[picksthemusic]

I just finished reading (started yesterday, finished this morning), and it was so good. We need more journalism like this.

[scm1011]

I've read the first two sections so far, and will finish later. It's well done; thanks for posting.

[underwaterrhymes]

Thank you so much for sharing this

[macmars45]

Thanks for sharing this article.

[livinitup]

My background is social work and I assisted in my first food stamp application (now called SNAP or TANF) back in the ‘90s. These are federal programs administered by the state (with federal rules). Applicants do NOT need to include the income of every member of the household IF you have a separate household (like sleeping on the couch at your sister’s apartment) where you do not contribute or share resources. But of course, random application reviewers/workers would tell applicants you do. This would frighten clients from applying or straight up disqualify them. God dammit, they are still telling applicants this! As recently as 2019, I know several county TANF workers counted housing subsidies as “income” to disqualify applicants. Housing subsidies are NOT household income.

Why are Americans so GD stingy and abusive with benefits for services - LIKE FOOD ?

I am finding this article heartbreaking and difficult to get through. I keep re-reading the stories and survey answers and I believe each & everyone. I knew it was getting worse, not better back then. I know it’s still getting worse.

[notsopicky]

That article was very well done. Unfortunately I think the people & powers-that-be that need to read/see it won't.

For those in CO, how is the program in the link below received by the housed and unhoused of Denver? When I first heard the mayor was purusing it, I thought it was a new approach to an enduring problem.

www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/denvers-first-micro-community-tiny-home-mayors-house1000-plan/73-f068075e-915b-457a-b61e-7923bfcc5c9b