Author name: Michel Degive

As Cities Step Up Citations, the Guide Offers Trauma-Informed and Practical Strategies for Lawyers Defending Unhoused Clients With the criminalization of homeless people ramping up across the nation, the ACLU of Southern California has responded by releasing a guide designed to help legal professionals defend their homeless clients against the citations that are becoming more […]

As Homelessness Rises, City Leaders and Policy Fellows Explore How Community Engagement Can Turn NIMBY Resistance into Support In Santa Fe, more than 1,200 people need shelter tonight—but only 150 to 200 beds exist. City leaders want to build new pallet shelter “micro-communities” to close that gap, yet progress has stalled. The reason isn’t just

While Officials Point to Thousands Moved from Encampments, Critics Caution the Program May Not Address Long-Term Stability California Gov. Gavin Newsom is claiming that his new task force to address homeless encampments in the state’s 10 largest cities has been successful. Still, some people remain skeptical that it will help vulnerable individuals find stability after

Advocates Call the Trump Administration’s Funding Changes a Betrayal that Would Devastate Housing Programs Nationwide President Donald Trump’s administration is attempting to revamp funding criteria for an important program that local governments and nonprofits use to prevent people from becoming homeless, a move that advocates say could cause 170,000 people to lose their housing. The

Experts Say a Declaration Could Open the Door to Real Solutions—or Amount to Little More Than Political Posturing Here’s what you need to know… “I’m a senior citizen, 70+, and the apartments here are outrageous in price,” said Felisa in an interview with Invisible People reporters. Felisa, a struggling diabetic woman, was living in her

Sacred Settlements in Minnesota Proves Housing Solutions Work Best When Neighbors Share Life, Not Just Space Three churches in Minnesota are experimenting with a new way to treat chronic homelessness using a radical form of hospitality. Together, the churches have created a tiny home community known as Sacred Settlements. It’s a six-home community that reserves

Affordable Housing Shortages and Systemic Barriers Push Thousands of Families into Cars, Motels, or Doubling Up While the sun was still coming up over the Ko?olau Range, I’d make my way to Kapolei Regional Park, aiming for the east parking lot with a public bathroom. There, I would quietly knock on the window of an

Colorado’s Youth Shelters Are Using Trauma-Informed Design and Low-Barrier Entry to Provide Safe, Supportive Environments for Teens Youth shelters in Colorado are responding to the recent rise in the state’s homeless youth population by providing supportive, safe, and social shelter environments for teens and young adults. These shelters have been built to cater to the

Dehumanizing Rhetoric from Public Figures Fuels Attacks, Fear, and Policies that Put Unhoused People at Greater Risk When Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade said unhoused people with mental illness should “just be killed,” the backlash was swift. He later apologized, calling his words “extremely callous.” But for people living on the street and those

From Car Troubles to Housing Setbacks, Kent Reflects on the Small Choices that Keep Him Moving Toward Stability Through my door one morning, I hear Zed say my full name, and only that, out loud. He then immediately starts snickering. Just my name, nothing else. Pure comedy to Zed. Perhaps this should worry me, but