Author name: Michel Degive

Local Programs Restore Connection, Resilience, and a Sense of Belonging, Proving That Housing Justice Begins With Community As one housing advocate recently explained, “Bottom-up activities at the block level may do more to assist with resilience and community sustainability than big government programs.” Mass evictions are sending renters out of their homes in droves in […]

Advocates Warn Remote Location Will Isolate People from Jobs, Transit, and Services, Undermining Their Path to Stable Housing Utah lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to create a large campus outside of Salt Lake City to house and provide services for people who are homeless, an idea that local advocates say is “doomed to

How One Woman’s Small Act of Kindness Reminds Us That Every Person Deserves to Be Seen Looking around her community, Kelly Sweck noticed a concerning phenomenon. The unhoused people in her neighborhood were being completely ignored and overlooked by the general public. “People don’t even look at them; people walk by and pretend like it’s

The Hidden Education Crisis Behind the City’s Record Homelessness Rate “It’s scary that we could be facing this again in two or three years,” said Latoya Iheanacho. She reflected on the time she spent in homeless shelters with her three children. Even after her family secured a two-bedroom apartment through the city’s housing lottery, the

Editor’s note: Since this interview took place, USDA has confirmed that SNAP benefits will continue for November using contingency funds while Congress negotiates a longer-term budget. However, the uncertainty leading up to the announcement caused widespread fear, particularly among disabled and low-income households who cannot stockpile food or absorb gaps in assistance. The core issue

Why More Seniors Are Being Pushed into Poverty, Isolation, and Life on the Streets The chances that senior citizens like Pamela Marin, 70, will end up homeless are increasing across the country. Marin, who lives in Denver, told Invisible People that she lost her home after her husband died in 2020. That event was like

Inside the Hidden Crisis of Unsafe Hospital Discharges, and the Patients Forced to Face Trauma and Homelessness Alone The woman wasn’t discharged so much as shuffled through a system that had nowhere to put her. A survivor of human trafficking in her late 30s, she had finished a short hospital stay but needed long-term mental-health

Nonprofit May Have Found the Key to Providing Dignified Shelter. But Can it Scale? Dr. Lena Miller had one goal in mind when she founded Urban Alchemy in 2018—to disrupt the traditional shelter system. In many cases, Miller said shelters are one of the most challenging places for people who are homeless to live. Most

The Myths that Once Glorified Rich People and Demonized Poor People Still Echo in Today’s Media Imagine you are in a fairy tale set back in a European castle hundreds of years ago. Who are you? The princess who pricks her finger on the spindle? The royal knight or prince who swoops in to save

As Criminalization Spreads Nationwide, Local Residents Show What Real Solidarity Looks Like In Madison, Wisconsin, community members have come to the defense of their homeless neighbors after they faced harassment while sleeping in a local park. On three separate occasions, individuals identifying themselves as Wisconsin DNR park rangers have approached the group of 3 to