Comments on: For The Guardian: Homeless in America

By: homelessphilosopher

homelessphilosopher — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 17:28:27 +0000

Interesting; it dovetails with what I’ve seen here in Boulder, CO with the Point-in-Time Survey each January — something which I have chosen to boycott because its underlying purpose is fundraising for our worthless nonprofits, which cater to transients and sex offenders from all across the country, leaving many of Boulder County’s own homeless with the short end of the stick.

By: Dave P

Dave P — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:00:58 +0000

Check out the Facing Homelessness Facebook page. Rex Hohlbein’s initial idea is to “Just Say Hello”. Homeless people are treated as invisible by almost everyone.

Facing Homelessness started in Seattle, but has spread across the nation and even to some other countries. There is also a woman (don’t recall her name, but Rex knows her) who sold her house, bought a van and travelled around the US with her young daughter spreading the message of “Just Say Hello”.

There is. TedX talk of Rex. Search for it on YouTube. I know him personally and he is really a wonderful human being.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:20:14 +0000

There was that cool article in the Sunday paper about Canadians and homeless. Anchorage isn’t the only place in the state with homeless, some villages, like Nanwalek, have multiple families living in one house. Or people that don’t keep up on the rent and become homeless and have to move to homer or anchorage. Which in return puts more of a strain on the resources needed for those already homeless in their towns. In the Sunday article I liked how the Canadians decided that if they provide housing for the homeless they can then help them to focus on their other problems, and it’s working.