Correcting misconceptions about homelessness
I have a group page where I post stories and also answer questions about homelessness. Recently, someone posted the following comment: You can only help those who want help…the rest are content with no...
View ArticleAffordable housing: One size does not fit all
As the homelessness crisis worsens, cities all over the U.S. are desperately trying to come up with solutions. California, for example, is in a frenzy to build new homeless shelters that will fit...
View ArticleRebuttal to the SF Chronicle: Visibility for homeless families
The 2019 one-night homeless count found 201 families (612 people), a count similar to the 2017 one-night count of 190 families (601 persons). That means 8 percent of the total counted homeless...
View Article‘I have never called my cell a home’
All throughout my incarceration, I have never called my cell a home. Moreover, I consider the bars that cage me disrespectful, even to animals. So, I think Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf let down some very...
View ArticleHating the holidays
After a series of horrific events I found myself living on the streets at the age of 49, and Christmas suddenly took on a whole new meaning The post Hating the holidays appeared first on Street Spirit.
View ArticleWhy would anyone want to live on the street?
Only after I accepted the fact that the person I was before was never coming back…could I begin to accept another life. The post Why would anyone want to live on the street? appeared first on Street...
View ArticleTheir original faces: a soul, not a homeless person
"I do not think of people as homeless; I think of people as having been betrayed," Mentken writes. The post Their original faces: a soul, not a homeless person appeared first on Street Spirit.
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