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Nov 18, 20241 min read
Breaking the Myths of Homelessness: Lessons from San Fransicko
Michael Shellenberger’s book San Fransicko offers a fresh perspective on homelessness, challenging common assumptions and encouraging...
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Nov 11, 20241 min read
A Fresh Perspective on Homelessness
This week, we’re excited to introduce San Fransicko, a thought-provoking book by Michael Shellenberger that explores the complex issues...
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Oct 28, 20241 min read
The Cause of Homeless in the 1930s
The Great Depression October 24, 1929, known as “Black Thursday,” began the stock market crash that wiped out 90% of all stock values in...
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Oct 14, 20241 min read
Why Street Homeless in Wealthy USA?
That question can’t be answered correctly without a historical understanding of poverty and homelessness in the United States. The Birth...
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Oct 7, 20241 min read
Houseless and Homeless Can’t Be Stopped, Shelterless Can
Houselessness cannot be eliminated. We will always have natural disasters, accidents and human errors that destroy housing. Homelessness...
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Sep 30, 20241 min read
Shelterlessness = Lack of Consistent Rational Thought
Shelterlessness occurs when individuals lacking inner resources reject assistance from relational and/or outside sources due to their...
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Sep 17, 20241 min read
Homelessness = Calamity In Relational Resources
Homelessness is one type of fractured habitation that occurs when an individual's relational resources are absent, broken, lost, or...
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Sep 9, 20241 min read
Houselessness = Diminished Material Resources
A lightning bolt tore through the Smiths' foundation, knocking them out of bed. The room instantly filled with smoke. As volunteer...
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Sep 9, 20241 min read
Solving Confusion about “Homelessness”
The word “Homelessness” has historically been the universally recognized word to describe the complicated issues in the breakdown of...
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Aug 26, 20241 min read
263,864 People Have Housing 275 Don’t WHY
There are 263,864 people living in 108,607 housing units in Madison County, Illinois. An additional 9,972 housing units are unoccupied,...
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Aug 19, 20241 min read
Misdiagnosis Leads To Faulty Solutions
In the 1930s, homelessness was caused by the lack of work. World War II provided every available person in the USA a job, homelessness...
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Aug 13, 20241 min read
1930’s Homeless Response Doesn’t Work Today
The economic devastation of the 1930s in the USA was caused by the stock market crash that closed fifty percent of all banks in America...
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Aug 13, 20241 min read
Winning Battles While Losing the War
The immediate daily needs of the street homeless are relentless. Food, water, medical assistance, and short-term protection from the...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read
Hundreds are Helping The Homeless, Thank You
Before exploring homelessness further in the weeks ahead, we want to take a moment and thank the hundreds of hardworking, care-giving...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read
Why Bother, Homeless Can’t Change
Years ago, a high school friend asked, “Can homeless people really change? The answer to that question is yes. In our team's combined one...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read
Homelessness Reexamined: Answering Homeless Issue
Homelessness is on the increase in Madison County. Hundreds of hours have been spent in conversation, planning, and programming to help...
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