Author name: Michel Degive

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

Most Americans Blame Personal Choices for Homelessness, Yet Nearly Three-Quarters Say Government Should Do More to Solve It A new poll conducted by The Associated Press and the University of Chicago found that most Americans hold conflicting views about homelessness. The poll, which was conducted with 1,121 adults in late August, found that most Americans

A 5-Point Plan and Long-Awaited Measure W Funds Fuel the City’s Latest Push for Housing Solutions and Equity Oakland mayor Barbara Lee recently announced the formation of a new city department dedicated to addressing homelessness in the area using a 5-point plan. “The Office of Homelessness Solutions and our 5-Point Plan are about common-sense action

From Robert Moses’s Bridges to Today’s Hostile Benches, Exclusion Has Always Been Built into Our Cities “In the early to mid-20th-century US, there was an architect and city planner called Robert Moses. He designed a section of the Southern State Parkway in Long Island. And he did it with deliberately low-hanging bridges. The reason he