This is the third installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Megan Smith is a social worker who has worked with the homeless community in Rhode Island for seventeen years. She works with Hou...
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This is the third installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Megan Smith is a social worker who has worked with the homeless community in Rhode Island for seventeen years. She works with Hou...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott often cite the need for increased mental health treatment, anti-drug programs, and job trai...
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott often cite the need for increased mental health treatment, anti-drug programs, and job trai...
Over the last decade, the number of individuals living in New York City homeless shelters surged as high as 50% at times. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the nation’s homeless population, which is also hit harder by clima...
Over the last decade, the number of individuals living in New York City homeless shelters surged as high as 50% at times. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the nation’s homeless population, which is also hit harder by clima...
In its latest production, BPR Media dives into the complex intersection of food insecurity and homelessness in Providence, amplifying four local organizations as they share their visions, practices, and solutions for a better future....
In its latest production, BPR Media dives into the complex intersection of food insecurity and homelessness in Providence, amplifying four local organizations as they share their visions, practices, and solutions for a better future....
Amid calls to stay home during the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rodgers Mathebulo’s house was demolished, his belongings looted, and the small shack from which he sold fruit, sweets, and snacks flattened. Unfortunately, Mathebulo’s exper...
Amid calls to stay home during the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rodgers Mathebulo’s house was demolished, his belongings looted, and the small shack from which he sold fruit, sweets, and snacks flattened. Unfortunately, Mathebulo’s exper...
Criminally underserved and unheard by the public, the homeless population in the United States is one of the most marginalized groups in recent history. People experiencing homelessness lack access to basic care and resources meant to be universal hu...
Criminally underserved and unheard by the public, the homeless population in the United States is one of the most marginalized groups in recent history. People experiencing homelessness lack access to basic care and resources meant to be universal hu...
When COVID-19 engulfed New York City in the spring of 2020, one of the hardest hit groups was the city’s homeless population, comprising nearly 80,000 people. Initially, many took nightly shelter on the subway. With non-essential businesses shut do...
When COVID-19 engulfed New York City in the spring of 2020, one of the hardest hit groups was the city’s homeless population, comprising nearly 80,000 people. Initially, many took nightly shelter on the subway. With non-essential businesses shut do...
Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to sleep for the night. An empty jail is currently being used as an overflow shelter for the city’s homeless pop...
Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to sleep for the night. An empty jail is currently being used as an overflow shelter for the city’s homeless pop...
“No part of said property shall be occupied by any person not of the Caucasian race.” Although it was common for property deeds since the 1920s to include stipulations like this, such acts of racial housing discrimination were legally outlawed in...
“No part of said property shall be occupied by any person not of the Caucasian race.” Although it was common for property deeds since the 1920s to include stipulations like this, such acts of racial housing discrimination were legally outlawed in...
In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the residents were registered sex offenders. Just last year, another sex offender encampment emerged in the same cou...
In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the residents were registered sex offenders. Just last year, another sex offender encampment emerged in the same cou...
San Francisco is a city of juxtapositions: concrete jungles abut natural havens; postmodern sculptures clash fiercely with the old mission-style architecture; and Angel Island, once emblematic of the United States’ harsh treatment of immigrants, is...
San Francisco is a city of juxtapositions: concrete jungles abut natural havens; postmodern sculptures clash fiercely with the old mission-style architecture; and Angel Island, once emblematic of the United States’ harsh treatment of immigrants, is...