Tag: housing
In BC Public Housing, Older Drug Users Denied Home Health Services
Inside supportive housing facilities in Kelowna, British Columbia, residents who use drugs reported that ...
There Are Overdoses in My Shelter Every Day. I Feel Trapped Here.
On average, I’d say there are two to three overdoses inside my shelter every ...
New Center Offers Free Legal Services to People Who Use Drugs in NJ
Rutgers Law Associates (RLA) and Vital Strategies recently announced the launch of a center ...
The Tenderloin Suffers Under Another Inhumane Crackdown
“The Tenderloin is a beautifully complicated area. It’s rich in all sorts of intersecting ...
One Year on, Oregon Drug Decriminalization Is Boosting Harm Reduction and Housing
February 1 marks the one-year anniversary since Measure 110 took effect in Oregon, decriminalizing ...
Winnipeg Offers Winter Fire Barrels, Not Homes, to Unhoused People
The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba is giving free steel fire barrels to unhoused residents ...
We’ll Keep Denying Public Housing Over Marijuana Use, Insists Biden Administration
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says it is required to ...
Homeless New Yorkers Fight for Their Rights as Hotel Evictions Continue
Winston Tokuhisa first became homeless in 2006, at the age of 20. Since then, ...
Questions Linger Over California’s Record Homelessness Funding
On July 19, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $12 billion funding package to ...
“I Want to Feel Joyful”: Aimée-Josiane Twagirumukiza on Pride, Juneteenth and LGBTQ Labor
Aimée-Josiane Twagirumukiza is many things: Black, Rwandan, queer, an immigrant. They are an advocate, ...
