What ObamaCare Could Mean for the Chronically Homeless
This is very important insight for everyone concerned about the chronically homeless from Nan Roman, head of the National Alliance to End Homelessness: There is widespread consensus in the policy...
View ArticleHomeless Still on the Streets of New York as Sandy Hits Land
I don’t have much to add. Most of you know about the work we’re doing here in Allentown. But the situation here could have been very much the same, and, sadly, probably was for some. Tagged: chronic...
View ArticleSequestration Has a Face, And It’s Homeless
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness: The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its own version of the legislation finalizing federal funding for FY 2013. Unlike the House’s version,...
View Article100 Homeless Tent Cities Across America? Try 1000. Maybe More.
“the shelters…there’s just not enough room.” http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/16/pf/tent-city/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 The guy who says “this is a conscientious choice” (people LOVE living in tent cities!) is...
View ArticleAllentown won’t have its ‘miracle’ without affordable housing
Please click through to my recent op-ed in The Morning Call. “In the wake of John Tarbay’s death at the Hamilton Street Bridge, just yards away from the Allentown Rescue Mission and not far from...
View ArticleMartin Luther King in 1968: Eradicate Poverty and Homelessness, Whatever the...
The Poor People’s Campaign was conceived to create the political pressure required to enact the types of economic changes that Dr. King and his advisers believed were necessary. “It didn’t cost the...
View ArticleFridays with Francis: March 27, 2015
150 Homeless persons got a rare opportunity to see more than the outside entrance to the Vatican museum this week. They were invited to take a guided tour of the Vatican museum and gardens, followed by...
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