Cycles of Change

Living on the streets, navigating through different types of people, and ensuring your safety requires acute awareness and understanding of various potential threats. While many cannot fully grasp the lived experience, we can still offer guidance on [...]

The "Housing First" model has been a significant step forward in addressing homelessness by prioritizing stable housing as the first solution. In many communities, the sheer number of homeless individuals makes this approach challenging to implement [...]

The issue of chronic homelessness, particularly among single individuals, presents a multi-dimensional challenge that demands both creativity and pragmatism. Traditional government and private sector approaches have proven ineffective, highlighting [...]

The idiom "putting on one's Sunday best" refers to dressing in one's finest clothes, traditionally reserved for special occasions or church services on Sundays. This practice has historical and cultural roots dating back to times when Sunday was [...]

As homeless people wanting to see less conflict all around, we often wonder what we can do to bring more unity and less divisiveness to the American people. At the top of the pyramid, we see the left and right political ideologues engaged in an [...]

Our mission is to assist communities in understanding and accepting their homeless population, taking positive, progressive, and proactive action. We offer a unique service that combines exploration, environmental cleanup, and data collection. We [...]

In our modern society, homelessness remains a pressing issue that affects the lives of many individuals. Behind the statistics and numbers lie stories of struggle, resilience, and the need for compassion. Let us explore the realities of [...]

Statements in bold from the book by Stephen Eide Homelessness in America : history and tragedy of an intractable social problem, Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] Stephen Eide puts forth the idea that Housing First is a flawed concept. [...]

The term "leisured indigent" [1] is not a commonly used or recognized term, however, it could be interpreted as referring to individuals who are homeless or experiencing poverty but are perceived as leading a leisurely or carefree lifestyle. When we [...]

While homelessness may formerly have taken different forms, it has always existed in America. Homelessness is a problem shaped greatly by state and local policies and dynamics. To blame Reagan for modern homelessness is to misunderstand the roots of [...]

In the past, people had different words to describe homeless individuals, like "bum," "hobo," and "tramp." These words showed social differences among homeless people. Some chose to be homeless, while others had different circumstances. "Hobo" [...]

One way to assess the number of homeless individuals is by examining the service systems they use. In the late 19th and early 20th century, police stations served as shelters, with an estimated 630,000 people sleeping in such facilities in 1880 and [...]