All posts tagged Homeless
Homeless Issue Is Still Present In Seminole County | Seminole , Florida | Seminole Chronicle
SEMINOLE, FLORIDA — “A very difficult and humbling experience.” That is how Latelyshala “Tish” Olasande describes the last few months of her life. Since losing her job and her home last year, Olasande and her five children have been living in a motel. “I never thought that I would be in this situation,” said the 40-year-old Central Florida resident.
Gospel Singer Goes From Homelessness To Top Charts | Atlanta | San Francisco Chronicle
ATLANTA — James Fortune used to watch his children sleep in the bathtub before he lay beside his pregnant wife at night in a motel, wondering how he was going to provide for his family the next day. For the gospel singer, being homeless for seven months in 2007 was the most strenuous stint of his life.
Homeless Teen Still Finds Time To Volunteer | Mount Vernon , Washington | The Spokesman-Review
MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON — Kaitlyn Toomey views herself like any other teenager, except for one thing: She doesn’t have a home. Sometimes Kaitlyn, 15, and her single mother are taken in by friends or relatives, but over the past several years they have spent months living out of a minivan. As if working through school by studying at the library or with a book lamp in a car weren’t challenging enough, Kaitlyn spends her spare time volunteering to help others. She’s held a stuffed animal drive for children in trauma and serves meals at a Mount Vernon soup kitchen.
Fighting Homelessness, One Person At A Time | Baltimore , Maryland | ABC 2 News
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — “When you’re homeless. it’s extremely hard to get out,” he said. “And I’m determined to end homelessness forever.” A 2007 graduate of Georgetown, Bjonerud took a job in banking and moved to Baltimore. But in 2008, he set off on a new mission far away from his suit and tie high rise career. To meet homelessness head on, he chose to live among West Baltimore’s most destitute for a year.
Homeless Vets Get New Home In Fresno | Fresno , California | KMPH FOX 26
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA — It’s a transition many can’t comprehend; going from the battlefield to a one–bedroom. Former Marine Richard Barnes hasn’t had a stable home since he got out of the service in 1981.
Silicon Valley Homeless Feel The Grip Of Recession’s Long Reach | Redwood City , California | Huffington Post
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA — The first time Michele arrived at the Maple Street homeless shelter three years ago, she was still driving her BMW 325xi, the final remnant of her Silicon Valley affluence. Her paper wealth of more than $2 million had evaporated a decade earlier, she says, via a stock options fiasco. She had used the options to buy stock in her high-flying software startup, netting a seven-figure profit by the government’s reckoning, but then held the shares until they were nearly worthless. That left her with no cash and a $200,000 tax bill. She had sold nearly everything to cover it: her house, her remaining stocks, her art collection.
Rise In Homeless Students Stifles Florida Town | Clermont , Florida | NewsOK
CLERMONT, FLORIDA — Here in Lake County the number of homeless students has skyrocketed, from 122 in 2005 to more than 2,600 this school year. It’s the largest increase in hard hit Florida and echoes the rising numbers seen nationwide as well. Some of those children are living with their parents in a friend’s or relative’s house. Others are in shelters or motels like Zach. Some with nowhere else to turn take refuge in the woods.
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students | Florida | Miami Herald
FLORIDA — “I think that we are growing a Third World in our own back yard,” said Ellen L. Bassuk, founder and president of the National Center on Family Homelessness, an advocacy and research organization in Needham, Mass. “We look at developing countries, but we don’t look at our own country.”
In Sacramento, Budget Cuts Leave Homeless Without Bathrooms, Water Overnight | Sacramento , California | Huffington Post
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Faced with a $200 million deficit accumulated over the past five years, Sacramento, Calif., like many other struggling municipalities, is severely cutting back.
Homeless High School Student Hopes To Use His Experience To Help Others | Auburn , Maine | Bangor Daily News
AUBURN, MAINE — Chamberlain said he became homeless in the summer of 2009. He and his family weren’t getting along. Tired of the “yelling and screaming,” he and his parents agreed he would leave, Chamberlain said. He was reluctant to give specifics, but said he was more comfortable in a homeless shelter. But moving to a shelter at age 16 “was scary,” he said. “All of a sudden I’m sharing a room with someone I don’t know. It was uncomfortable, but I’m grateful for it.”
