Tipper Gore on her homeless friends

I follow http://www.change.org on Twitter ad a few days ago, they posted this wonderful article by Tipper Gore. You remember her, wife of the former VP now Nobel Prize Winner Al . . . Tipper wrote on the http://www.takepart.com blog about her memories of working with residents of the street. Personally, I loved it. Here […]

Lights, Action, SMELL

She asked me if I thought about what Skid Row smelled like before I started working there. To be honest I did not. Also – you should be told, that Skid Row smells like an airplane bathroom after a case of business class food poisening.

Define “Homeless”

this is the USA’s definition of Homeless

$$ Omnibus Congress money

Money released for homeless and lowincome housing

Understanding Section 8

“One of the changes in attitudes that I want to see here in Washington and all across the country is a belief that it is unacceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours.”

— President Obama, speaking to reporters on March 24, 2009.

Homeless feet

Sleeping feet on Wilshire Blvd

Welcome “Abbey Apartments”

Living on skid row, even in such a nice apartment, can still be difficult, she said. There are temptations and bad influences all around, but there’s also support. Sometimes, she looks out her apartment window and thinks “that was me four months ago.”

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