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Instead of being designed to thwart a good sleep, these park benches in Vancouver fold out into miniature shelters.
Ever wondered how to help the homeless? I mean, how to REALLY make a difference? Here's exactly what they want & need most, straight from the source!
The tiny homes for the homeless are a wonderful way to provide shelter to those in need! This list has unique ideas to help your community!
Do you want to bless the person you see on the street corner, but don't want to just give cash? Here's how to make homeless care kits that *actually* help.
Portrait of homeless man
Rough sleepers are often turning up at the Julian Trust homeless shelter soaked to the skin
Most of us have passed a homeless person on the street, but have you ever REALLY stopped to think about who they are and what their story is?
A groundbreaking U.K. study finds autism may be a risk factor for homelessness. Homeless individuals have much higher rates of autism than the general public.
Homelessness is not just a housing problem for the poor. Housing and Urban Development should be the concern of all individuals. As our compilation of homelessness facts demonstrate, all forms of homelessness can cause post-traumatic stress disorder and damage people's health and well-being immediately and over the long term.
Just a few miles from the University of Southern California campus, Skid Row contains a significant portion of the homeless population of Los Angeles, a city in the midst of a declared state of emergency with nearly 47,000 people in total living in shelters and on the street. For R...
There are a number of alternatives housing-insecure families can turn to when looking for somewhere to stay while homeless.
Hostile architecture. You might not be familiar with the term, but you've probably seen it in action. Those spikes on the window ledges, designed to keep the birds away. Or, in a more sinister fashion, things like strategically-placed armrests or rocky floors, cynically installed to ensure that vulnerable people in need of shelter are forced to look elsewhere.
The tiny homes for the homeless are a wonderful way to provide shelter to those in need! This list has unique ideas to help your community!
It’s important that we all play a role in helping people experiencing homelessness through community care, systemic action, and everyday kindness.
Creating strong portraits of homeless people in respectful environments is becoming more and more common. Artists like Rosie Holtom, and now Dutch
On a recent vacation to the United States, New Zealand-based graphic designer and photographer Michael Pharaoh started to look beyond the glam of L.A.,
There are a number of alternatives housing-insecure families can turn to when looking for somewhere to stay while homeless.
Meet Mark Bustos: a regular hair stylist based in New York, who does something not so regular on his weekends.
There are 150 million people globally on any given night who will have to sleep in the street, in their cars, or in abandoned spaces. Homelessness is an
Setting aside the lack of affordable housing and systemic failures, here are the most common individual causes of homelessness.
Whereas the objective of a standard advertisement is to market a product, a public service ad is intended to change the public interest, by raising awareness of an issue, affecting public attitudes, and potentially stimulating action. Advertising, in its non-commercial guise, is a powerful educational tool capable of reaching and motivating large audiences. " It is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.
SAN FRANCISCO—Call me a poop skeptic. After years of reading about the alleged horrors of San Francisco, I decided I wanted to see for myself...
Homeless people getting creative with their panhandling signs.
Ever wondered how to help the homeless? I mean, how to REALLY make a difference? Here's exactly what they want & need most, straight from the source!
Andres Serrano's new series of portraits of New York City's homeless people is on view in parks, subways, and telephone booths.
