New Feed on Homelessness

Alternative Solutions for the Homeless: A Resource Feed

In researching options available, and proposed, to serve as off-the-street shelters for the homeless in Texas, a feed was developed to aid others in accessing related data. The feed sources include information from major media outlet RSS feeds, such as The Frontline and The Houston Press,



According to a statement by the National Coalition for the Homeless, "the housing and homelessness crisis in the United States has worsened." (July, 2009).  The group cites the unavailability of sufficient shelter space as the reasons more people try to survive on the streets.

 

In an effort by cities, such as Philadelphia, PA, to explore alternative housing options for those without a regular place of residence at night, options include re-purposing public libraries and other public owned property to house the homeless.  Writer, Heather Knoght, of the San Francisco Chronicle, reports that a social services worker has been assigned to assist the homeless at the San Francisco main library.

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