For those who were not aware, today is National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
“Each year since 1990, on or near the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has sponsored National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day to bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and to remember [...]

This week’s release of the US Conference of Mayors 2008 Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness demonstrates not only an increase in the numbers of people requesting emergency food assistance but also a widening gap between supply and demand. In some areas the unmet need was as much as forty percent.

According to Dublin Simon, the number of homeless women seeking support has doubled in the first six months of the year. They report that a total of 148 women have sought help compared to 71 for the same period last year.

Seoul City, South Korea has seen a seven percent increase in the number of homeless people based on figures collected during September and compared to counts taken earlier this year.

I pass people in the street every day and not one of them would know that I became homeless over seven months ago and am still legally registered as such. They wouldn’t know because I do not appear to fit the homeless stereotype.
I have been using twitter to study the public perception of homeless people. [...]

While it may be true that a significant proportion of homeless people have mental and physical health issues, problems with alcoholism or substance abuse, none of these are the most common cause of homelessness. As part of the United States Conference of Mayors, Hunger and Homelessness Survey, December 2007, cities were asked to record the [...]

This is the second in a series of case studies examining the root causes of homelessness by investigating the circumstances and history of specific individuals in hope of bringing some level of understanding and recognition of anyone’s potential vulnerability.
In March of 1998 a homeless 71-year-old African-American man was discovered in the streets of Brooklyn, New [...]

As regular readers will be aware, I have been staying temporarily with Laura at her father’s house in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. With very little income to speak of, it was always obvious to me that this would be a very short term solution to my housing problem. Approaching two weeks and the necessity for me to [...]