5/21/10 News about Hunger & Homeless

Florida passes a Homeless Hate Crimes Law Virginia: A $2.4 million federal stimulus grant for Fairfax County has helped more than 600 people avoid becoming homeless Seattle: Don’t call 911 to report a Homeless Encampment – call the City Customer Service Number 206- 684-2489 $3.5 Billion pledged by Obama to feed other countries. Most of […]

The best thing I’ve read today

about the state of Homelessness and need for compassion. Thank you kathy.silverberg@comcast.net and The Herald Tribune. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100521/COLUMNIST/5211011/2107/BUSINESS?p=3&tc=pg Here are the (in my view) the best quotes: Homelessness is a complicated issue that does not have a single solution. Military veterans are also overrepresented among the homeless population. The Veterans Administration estimates that 20 percent of […]

Toby’s House for pregnant women in crisis

“Toby’s House is a maternity shelter for homeless, pregnant women and their children under the age of five years old.” near San Diego California. Clients and their children (Under the age of 5) may stay for the first 30 days free while they look for work or enroll in school. Life skills classes such as […]

LA Mission Client drowned

at a retreat yesterday. He fell out of his canoe and did not survive. He was on a retreat from Los Angeles’s Skid Row. The full story is HERE in the Mercury News

Abortion as a Basic Right for Homeless Women

Here is where I remind you that this is MY PERSONAL VIEW, and that you are oh, so welcome to comment. Abortion is one of the few topics EVERYONE has an oppinion on and I remember seeing a bumper sticker on Merry’s jeep when I was in High school that said “An Aborted Baby Will Never […]

Did the bank bail out make federal housing?

There is an argument that when the tax payers bailed out the banks and mortgage industries without our dollars that the foreclosed and vacant homes held by those companies then became publically owned and could and should be seen as “public housing” for the homeless and low-income. A Group in Madison Wisconsin is taking that stance and moving […]

Housing Wage – how much you need to earn to live in California

California In California, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,327. In order to afford this level of rent and utilities, without paying more than 30% of income on housing, a household must earn $4,423 monthly or $53,079 annually. Assuming a 40-hour work week, 52 weeks per year, this level of income […]

Sleeping and run over by a truck

A man was sleeping on the side of the freeway in Portland last night when a truck, driven by a young man who was drunk, went off the road and flipped. During the accident a homeless man was killed by the vehicle. They think he died instantly. No one knows who the sleeping man was. […]

Want $90 a night?

you should have been a registered sex offender in Suffolk County New York. “The voucher system is a policy for sex offender emergency housing in Suffolk, in which the Department of Social Services gives a homeless sex offender a daily voucher of $90 and the sex offender is responsible for finding their own housing,” -County Legislature Presiding Officer […]

HOW to help – FAQ

How can I help a person sleeping on the streets? Any time you see a homeless person in distress, please call 211. The operator will contact LAHSA or another service agency. An even more simple answer : ASK THEM what you can do to help. Should I give to panhandlers? Don’t hand out money. And […]