Tag: housing
Nearly Half BC’s New “Substance-Use Treatment Beds” Provide No Treatment
British Columbia recently unveiled 26 publicly funded “substance-use treatment beds” in four communities across ...
LA Voters Weigh Quarter-Penny Tax Increase for Homelessness Crisis
Los Angeles County voters will soon decide whether to approve a sales tax increase ...
“Gifted”: When HIV Was a Death Sentence, and Worth It to Get Housing
In the early 1990s, there was a joke people would make about HIV transmission. ...
Grants Pass Homelessness Case, and the Line Between Shelter and Prison
In 2013, the City Council of Grants Pass, Oregon, was looking for a solution ...
San Diego Funds 1,000-Bed “Mega Shelter,” Over Protests From All Sides
On June 11, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved a $5.82 billion annual ...
Milwaukee’s Housing First Program Stands Out, But Much More Is Needed
Unlike many cities in the United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has managed to keep its ...
For Misdemeanor Poverty, Georgia Would Assign Mandatory Cash Bail
February 29 is Crossover Day in the Georgia General Assembly, with lawmakers clambering over ...
How Reducing Homelessness Would Reduce Drug-Related Deaths
New research has indicated the extent to which cutting rates of homelessness would save ...
Cash Assistance for Prison Re-Entry Still Controversial, for Some Reason
On February 7, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee killed legislation that was almost guaranteed ...
São Paulo Installs Military Police Base at “Cracolândia”
On February 1 in São Paulo, a few hundred yards away from the city’s ...
