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"...under the free-market system, those homes are more likely to be destroyed than provided to the homeless."

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Posted on July 23, 2008 - 6:52am at Stone Soup Station
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As readers of this blog know, a couple of months ago the Nashville Homeless Power Project spent significant energy and dollars in taking over some abandoned HUD properties in foreclosure.

"My situation is going to make me want to vote even more,"

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Posted on July 23, 2008 - 5:22am at Stone Soup Station
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A growing army of pissed off peeps who've been victimized by terrible economic policies, a needless war, the ripple effects of oil-gouging and the long-since disproven "trickle-down" economic theory are gearing up to change the way the government does things.

"During the Great Depression, the homeless and down-and-out ended up living in shantytowns or tent cities. They were called Hoov

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Posted on July 21, 2008 - 8:50am at Stone Soup Station
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Not "may be;" definitely....

The new faces of the homeless look pretty familiar -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

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"The office of the Data Protection Commissioner has expressed serious concern at the way sensitive personal information on homel

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Posted on July 21, 2008 - 6:57am at Stone Soup Station
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I've raised similar questions with our HMIS database, which tracks services delivered to those who report they are homeless to various service agencies in Nashville.

I'm not totally against the use of HMIS but I AM against using a person's name in the database simply to track and monitor them.

"If you were homeless, would you want to stand up and be counted?"

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Posted on July 21, 2008 - 6:00am at Stone Soup Station
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I didn't want to be counted, I definitely didn't want to be tracked (by HMIS or any other "tracking" software), and I didn't really want anyone to even know....

By the way, if Tucson's count shows 1100, it's probably closer to 5,000, given what I know about the way counts are typically taken....

"A Harvey woman faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court Friday to conspiring with a former Catho

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Posted on July 20, 2008 - 6:37am at Stone Soup Station
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What kind of fecal smear steals the money from a catholic charity that was charged with providing homes for those experiencing homelessness?

"Indianapolis Homeless: They don't fit common stereotypes....while mental illness or substance abuse was found in more than one-

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Posted on July 18, 2008 - 6:35am at Stone Soup Station
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18 percent is a substantial reduction.

"...an effort to show homeless Tucsonans — particularly those who are chronically homeless — that they matter."

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Posted on July 18, 2008 - 6:18am at Stone Soup Station
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Project Homeless Connect events are wildly successful, both for those experiencing homelessness and for those who provide services and assistance at the events.

RIP: Madeleine Stoner

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Posted on July 18, 2008 - 5:53am at Stone Soup Station
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The Homeless and the country lost a true advocate and social justice champion with the death of Mrs. Stoner....

The Democratic Party likes to boast that it's a big tent for all - except for the homeless at the upcoming national convention.

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Posted on July 17, 2008 - 6:31am at Stone Soup Station
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The New York Post has picked up on the Denver street sweep of homeless in preperation for the DNC....

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