Homelessness
The “Infection” of Love
Our friends feel welcomed, cared for and loved. This is relevant.
Eviction Aid – Walking the Talk
Catholic Charities USA and the Felician Sisters of North America have jointly created the CCUSA Francis Fund for Eviction Prevention.
How Much Will Upcoming Evictions Cost You?
According to the NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice Program, an incident of mass eviction would incur astronomical costs for the general population. In total, they estimate those costs to total somewhere between $62 billion and $129 billion
Imagine – it is illegal to sleep, sit, lie down…
Imagine living in a place where it is illegal to sleep, sit, lie down, or share food outdoors… a place where you are often ignored or rejected by your fellow townspeople, police officers, and local elected officials. This is the daily reality for millions of homeless people throughout the United States who are suffering under laws that criminalize their basic life necessities.
Sisters of Charity serving immigrants at border
The Sisters of Charity are ready serving immigrant families at the US Mexican broader according to a piece in the Global Sisters report.
The Criminalization of Homelessness
Imagine living in a place where it is illegal to sleep, sit, lie down, or share food outdoors. Imagine that this is a place where you are often ignored or rejected by your fellow townspeople, police officers, and local elected officials. While this seems like a ridiculous concept, it is the daily reality for millions of homeless people throughout the United States who are suffering under laws that criminalize their basic life necessities.
More from a Daughter of Charity at the border
“They live in local houses of compassionate foster folks and come to the “foster house” for school and play. We visit them at the foster house. All were adorably obedient and loudly responded in unison to the teacher’s questions. It reminded me of my old Catholic School days in Sr Sheila’s math class.”
State of Homelessness USA 2014
This report, State of Homelessness USA 2014, uses the most recently available data from a variety of sources: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cardboard Homeless
RethinkHomelessness asked our #homeless friends to write down a fact about themselves that other people wouldn’t know just by walking past them. Their answers may surprise you.
Social media giving homeless a hand up
R.D. Plasschaert credits one main thing for pulling her out of homelessness: Twitter.
An economic lesson on homeless
Leaving Homeless Person On The Streets: $31,065. Giving Them Housing: $10,051.
Criminalizing the homeless
Criminalizing homelessness - a growing phenomenon... But not a new one. St. Vincent de Paul was well acquainted with this. It his time it was called the "Great Confinement" Noted Vincentian historian Ed Udovic writes about 17th century France ... "This war ... was a...