Category: housing is a human right
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Housing the Houseless
Jeremy Hobson for WBUR interviewing Martha Kegel (executive director of a non-profit) on how New Orleans reduced their number of houseless people by 90%: And lastly, she says, the team took a “Housing First” approach, which is “simply the idea that you accept people as they are,” whether they are sober or not. “You just…
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Washinton D.C. is Shutting Down The City’s Largest Shelter to Make Way for Rich People
This shelter doesn’t sound spectacular, but the space provided opportunities for the 239 families living there to have fun activities that won’t be possible elsewhere. Splinter’s Emma Roller: …over the past seven years, the families and organizations that operate within the shelter have created a makeshift community of their own. This is what happens when…