The fall 2017 issue of the Public Press, which focused on some possible solutions to homelessness, inspired graphic designer Erik Schmitt to create informational labels he posted on single-room occupancy hotels listed as empty.
Category: Homelessness
Posted inHomelessness, Housing
Community Workshop Attracts 200 Seeking Solutions to Homelessness
The symposium, organized by the Public Press, was an all-day gathering of advocates, architects, journalists, activists, service providers, innovators, city officials, policymakers and homeless men and women. But, before you can solve a problem, you have to know what the problem is. And, when it comes to addressing homelessness, there’s a lot the general public should know.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Health, Homelessness, Housing
Community Voices: Your Ideas for Addressing Homelessness
We asked readers for their ideas on how to address homelessness in the city. Here’s some of what they said. What would you do?
Posted inHomelessness, Housing, Neighborhoods
Two Women, One Homeless, Team Up on a Small Housing Experiment
A 44-year-old retired firefighter calls herself a “guinea pig” in an experiment to create more shelter for homeless people in San Francisco. For the foreseeable future, she said, how she handles herself will “make or break” a pilot project involving a tiny dwelling on a private lot.
Posted inBay Area, Community, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Neighborhoods, News
Health Funding for Clinics, Kids and the Homeless in Limbo as Congress Fights
Across the country, 1,400 community clinics that care for some of the poorest people in the United States are anxiously making contingency plans for how to cope with potential funding cuts, all because Congress allowed a critical program to lapse. The impact is already being felt in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
Posted inCommunity, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTQ+, Social Justice, Social Services, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
Host Homes Could Get Young Adults Off Streets
San Francisco has the highest percentage of unsheltered youths in the nation — more than 1,200 between 18 and 24 years old, at last count. Host homes could get many off the streets. Would you welcome a homeless youth into your home?
Posted inCity Hall, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Housing, News, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
Local and National Efforts to End Youth Homelessness
Efforts to end youth homeless began in earnest in 1974, when Congress passed legislation that changed the national approach to helping at-risk youths.
Posted inCity Hall, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Social Services, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
For Alcoholics, ‘Wet Houses’ Offer a Home
Studies have found that the 1811 Eastlake project in Seattle helps keep alcoholics off the streets and out of jails and emergency rooms — and even helps them drink less.
Posted inHealth, Homelessness, Labor, Social Services, Solving Homelessness: Ideas for Ending a Crisis
For Alcoholic Residents at Dann’s House, ‘It Feels Like Home’
On the outskirts of Traverse City, Michigan, Dann’s House provides supportive housing to eight alcoholic homeless men. Unlike most housing for the homeless, there’s no expectation that residents will stop drinking, even on-site. But their consumption is down, and their lives improved.