Author name: Michel Degive

Advocacy Group Says Denver’s Pandemic-Era Rehousing Program Didn’t Reduce Homelessness as Much as the City Claims An advocacy group in Denver and the city’s mayor are in a spat over whether Denver’s pandemic-era rapid rehousing program was as successful as officials claim. The disagreement points to the issues wrought by relying on data from the […]

Longtime Little Italy Resident is Now Stable While Seeking a Permanent Home After being evicted from the apartment where he had lived for 20 years, a 91-year-old Toronto man named Isidoro Ventullo was facing homelessness until his community stepped up to support him. Now, city officials are exploring ways to make aging in place safer

Why New York’s Subway Outreach Teams Can’t Solve a Crisis Rooted in Housing Scarcity Last month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that 6,100 people living inside the city’s subway system were provided “tailored support” last year. During the same timeframe, outreach teams made more than 20,000 contacts with people sheltering in the subway

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