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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

Who Will End Homelessness?

The methods currently employed in curing people of homelessness are akin to bloodletting as a method of curing people of ailments. And this is because there has been no serious concerted effort made to understand homelessness with a scientific and intellectual focus. Occasionally a class will be off
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

You Can’t Have Just One Contributor Newspaper

The Contributor is Nashville’s only street newspaper sold exclusively by homeless and formerly homeless people. Many vendors are able to earn enough money selling the paper to rent small apartments and become unhomeless, so you have to allow for that. The paper is currently published monthly, althou
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

The Homeless Guy Archive

To find the earliest blog posts from The Homeless Guy, go to http://web.archive.org This will show you almost all the posts that you cannot find here. There are some posts that have been lost for one reason or another. But between this website and that archive, you’ll find nearly all of them. This p
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

The Problem With Advocates For The Homeless

First off, I must let you know that I’m talking specifically about advocates for the homeless in the United States. I understand that the word “advocate” means different things in different countries. In the United States, an advocate for the homeless is someone who speaks out publicly about, or on
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

The Homeless Guy Is Socially Inadequate

Sheila McKechnie once said, “People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.” To this I must say, “I don’t agree.”Those who are critical of homeless people are usually mean spirited bigots, spouting all sorts of vulgar and inaccurate statements about the homeless.
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

The Best Places To Be Homeless

There is no “good” place to be homeless. But, if you are to be homeless there are some things you should consider when deciding where you will be homeless. Also know that for the most part, as a homeless person, you will have very little choice on where your homeless experience will take place. It [
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

Ending Homelessness in Nashville

Nashville’s Metro Homelessness Commission created The Key Alliance which is working to create a “Housing First” model for chronically homeless people. It is the best answer yet devised for ending homelessness. Please support these efforts. more about "Ending Homelessness in Nashville", posted with v
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

Record homeless rate in NYC as Bloomberg seeks another term

He’s spending a fortune to stay in office, while one and a half million people have left his city for good. And in his 8 years as mayor, some believe, Michael Bloomberg has turned New York into his… more about "Record homeless rate in NYC as Bloomb…", posted with vodpod
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

The Contributor

The Contributor is Nashville homeless/street newspaper. It has the duel purpose of apprising its readers about homelessness, and it provides self improvement opportunities, financially and otherwise, for the homeless. Homeless and formerly homeless people work as vendors making 75 cents per copy the
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The Homeless Guy · 2Y ago

Homeless Shelter Workers: Administration

Administrators of homeless shelters are a breed apart, and they’d like to keep it that way.  As much as possible they distance themselves from the actual work of the shelter, the face to face interactions with the homeless.  Instead, these people oversee the activities of the other shelter workers,
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