Denver Dress Stealer gives bad name to homelessness

This is, sadly, what most people think of when they think of a person who is homeless. Angel Rayas is a convicted sex offender who rented a storage locker for the women’s clothing he had stolen.

Honolulu Homeless Ban

No more illegal camping on the beaches of Hawaii or parking your shopping cart on the beach. An as yet unsigned bill is addressing the squatters and homeless living on the beaches. The Homeless Population is scaring away the tourist. Read more of the story here: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180329/Honolulu+to+restrict+tents+in+parks+to+keep+out+homeless+campers

Don’t feed the animals – umm, homeless

Las Vegas is one of many cities to enact an ordinance against feeding people in public spaces – specifically: feeding the homeless in parks or church parking lots. This is the NPR story with an audio clip. In September 2006 a two year long court case was settled in Orlando Florida – in favor of groups […]

What does a Homeless Case Manager do?

At DPSS CalWorks the HCM will help you apply for Section 8, give information on food pantries and free clothing, low income housing listings, and shelter referrals. The HCM will also be able to speak to the school district on your behalf to keep your child in school and receive school supplies, transportation and uniforms. […]

Homeless on Film

Annie, Trading Places, and The Fisher King are the first movies I recall seeing that had characters who were homeless. Homelessness has made it into mainstream media more than I ever expected it would. And, yes, I think this is good. But even with “The Soloist” showing on the silver screen, I don’t think we […]

Oh wow, my phone call

Barry called me to ask that I close his Public Assistance case. He can’t seem to shake his cycle of homelessness and sent his teenager back to live with the mother. The mother is also homeless but has stable housing at her parent’s home. Barry and his wife split up in October and he moved […]

March 23rd meeting to discuss cutting housing to the homeless

BOARD of SUPERVISORS are looking at cutting Section 8 Housing. Ummm – bad plan!

Homeless Horror Story – Polly in the Park

I answered my work phone at 5:28pm yesterday. My caller is in her early 20’s, 7 months pregnant and living in the park with her physically disabled husband. “Polly” ,as we are going to call her, is scared senseless. She knows she can’t keep living in the park but her husband can not work and […]

Early Homeless Prevention Strategies

Tell me how you would prevent homelessness

New York Homeless Housing program broken

New York Work Advantage program is housing families in homes that are in foreclosure, apartments with mold, mice and no hot water. the Daily News has more information The Advantage program sounds wonderful. It is not tied in to the welfare system and offers life skills, budgeting and legal services. The problem is that while […]