The Point in Time Count is flawed, it is a one by one count of homeless people either in shelters or on the streets on one specific day in January. This count is done Nationwide to get an idea how homelessness is growing across the countr
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Housing First or Not?
The Street Fairy’s thoughts on a recent Canadian Study into the Housing First Model I have heard about the Housing First in San Diego a few years ago, they were beginning this model of supplying housing to homeless veterans and a few county programs first, before connecting them to any…
Continue ReadingPhoenix Still Criminalizes Homelessness
About 30 demonstrators gathered at Margaret T. Hance Park Wednesday in downtown Phoenix to urge city leaders to adopt legislation to decriminalize urban camping. Demonstrators organized by advocacy group Fund for Empowerment marched down Central Avenue and back toward the park, chanting and carrying signs that read “Mayor Kate Gallego,…
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