I don't know anyone who believes that families choose a homeless lifestyle. There is nothing free and easy about their homelessness. And there are no romantic movies being made about their plight.
Every citizen of the United States is presumed to have the right to vote; however, not having a permanent address interferes with exercising that right.
When weighing the impact of both sides of homelessness issues, often one side appears to have a greater impact upon humanity than the other. In other words, in analyzing the issues of homelessness, the sides are not necessarily even.
Some housed people believe that all homeless people spend a great deal of time hanging out in bars and, by their very presence in those bars, negatively impact those businesses.
Some homeless situations are bad because the individual made it that way, but most of the folks I see out here are doing everything they can to change their lives around. But what about folks who experience a life event out of their control that sends them into homelessness?
To those who have jobs and housing -- but who struggle to make ends meet -- it often appears as though the jobless and homeless may actually be better off.
Sadly, in all of that time, I have never known a homeless person who was able to eat three healthy meals a day. Really.
Do homeless people have $7? And if they need to get $7, how do they get it?
Some housed people believe that homeless people don't have a care in the world. They think that because many homeless people don't appear to work, th...
For over 20 years, Larry Milligan worked tirelessly in San Diego to help homeless people in many ways. He used temperance, kindness and truth to bring about peaceful change. He was a true humanitarian.
Governments at every level are cutting or even eliminating funding to a multitude of programs serving the homeless and those living in poverty. So the need is real. But the people are real, too.
Beyond the Blackboard is another movie that is too good to be true, if it weren't true. Kudos to the Hallmark Hall of Fame for finding Stacey Bess' story and for making it a thoroughly engaging and impressive film.
Homeless people need identification documentation for the same reasons that housed people need ID: to prove who they are, to become eligible for services and for their own self-esteem.
Homeless is first and foremost a social service issue. Nevertheless, the myth exists that homelessness is primarily a police issue.
No one truly chooses to be homeless. The answer: provide services for homeless people where they are.
If every city with an insufficient number of shelter beds were to pass an ordinance against sleeping in all public places, there would be no place for a homeless person to sleep.
It's time to stop using the word, "transient," to refer to homeless people. How should we refer to people without homes? Just that way... we can say, "people without homes, "homeless people."
I suggest that we use the expression that is often used when speaking about resolving the enormous issue of global warming, "think globally and act locally," to encourage local solutions.
How do these busy service providers defy the law of nature that says energy expended must be replenished? How do they continue to serve humanity with little support or encouragement?
CLEVELAND — The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some citi...
