A 2015 Harvard study found that access to reliable transportation is the biggest factor in determining whether someone will escape poverty and avoid homelessness.
Homelessness
The Commissioning of Two Houses to Two Families With Insufficient Accommodation
Botswana finally joined the many countries that have benefited from the FAMVIN Homeless Alliance funding
When Children Ask About Homeless People
The children in your life are going to want to know why that person is sleeping on the sidewalk or pushing a shopping cart full of belongings.
The questions will vary. So should our answers.
Key Missing!
Here’s a curious fact. Homelessness is entirely absent from the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 sub-targets
Quick Quiz On Homelessness (Most Will Flunk)
Everything you thought you knew about the homeless population is wrong, at least if your source is the one most people cite- the media or your own personal experience.
Can Dickens Teach Us Homeless Advocacy?
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol?” Who hasn’t read it, or heard it or seen it on stage or screen?
Embracing the homeless in a network of charity!
We are celebrating three years of the “13 Houses” Campaign!
Homeless Persons and “Listening”
We all know Pope Francis is advocating for “listening church.” How might listening apply in our efforts with the homeless community?
Father Pedro Opeka, CM Nominated for Council of Europe Award
Father Pedro Opeka, CM has been nominated to the Raoul Wallenberg Award of the Council of Europe.
The “13 Houses” Campaign Already Changing Lives in Ireland
Noel was at home, looking forward to a quiet Christmas with his little dog, Rosie, when he got the crushing news from his landlord — Noel had to leave his home…
Bringing smiles to Tanzania with the “13 Houses” Campaign
For this widow and mother of four living in Mtindu, Tanzania, the Campaign has represented a chance for a new beginning and a better life for herself and her children.
Your choice! – “Bridge” or “soft incarceration”?
I have read about the need for shelters and rapid rehousing. But Robert Davis, writing for Invisible People, captured an insight in two metaphors – “Bridge” and “soft incarceration.”
