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Are Developing Countries Too Poor to Host International Events?
The most popular event in the world was supposed to be a showcase for this Latin American nation. It was supposed to be about kicking a ball into a net, not about rubber bullets and tear gas. But weeks...
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Design Out of Reach: The Best Way to Shoo Homeless People Away
Photo: Andrew Horton/Twitter When I was studying architecture, the design projects we were assigned typically involved creating spaces or products that benefited people. In our intensive workshops, we...
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Homeless Agencies: Growing Bigger and Smaller at the Same Time
Back in the 1980s, when the original founders of PATH created a small program to help people who were homeless on the Westside of Los Angeles, they never imagined that they would still be in business...
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Political Homeless Numbers: Can We Count On It?
I was never very good at math when I was in school, but even I can tell that the homeless count numbers for Los Angeles are clearly laden with politics. Take the latest debate over the number of...
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Prioritizing Homeless Vets: Are We Giving Up on Ending Homelessness for All?
Fourteen years ago, when the goal to actually end homelessness was proposed by a national homeless group, the idea of zero homelessness seemed lofty. Back in 2000, there were 700,000 people who were...
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Legalize Pot, Increase Homelessness
We have spent decades developing best practices, analyzing data, and re-prioritizing funding. We have dedicated years to promoting “housing first,” rapid re-housing, and permanent supportive housing....
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Your Voice Will Be Missed
Not your funny alien voice from Mork and Mindy. Or your maternal voice from Mrs. Doubtfire. Not your whimsical genie voice from Aladdin. Or your therapeutic voice from Good Will Hunting. Not even your...
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Homeless Agencies Can Transform the Quest to End Homelessness
Thirty years ago, PATH was created because a group of local people noticed an increase in homelessness on the Westside of Los Angeles. They founded an agency that would temporarily provide food and...
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Part 2: Homeless Agencies Can End Homelessness
You look into their eyes, and hatred, anger, and fear stare back at you. No, you’re not on a battlefield. You’re in an American city council meeting, trying to convince local politicians that building...
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Poverty in America: Living on $7.28 Per Day
I wish this was a Lonely Planet travel guide about how to live on $15 per day in some exotic land overseas. Then I would get to tell you where to find all of the best one dollar, hole-in-the-wall local...
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An American Umbrella Revolution
I stood in the middle of a Hong Kong thoroughfare that was typically jammed with cars and trucks. For the past couple of weeks, this street had been taken over by a group of mostly Hong Kong youth....
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The War On Homelessness
It feels like war. Homelessness, that is. And I don’t mean the 1960s “War on Poverty” initiative. Although, for many advocates today, it seems as though the government and private sector have joined...
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The “Up and Down” Perspectives on Homelessness
Besides the leftovers in the refrigerator—all-in-all, the turkeys have been eaten, along with the mashed potatoes and gravy. Shelter volunteers are back at home with their families. The television news...
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Ask The Mayor: Is Homelessness Getting Worse?
If you were to ask the mayor of Mayberry, North Carolina if his town has homelessness and hunger, I’m sure his answer would be accurate. He would say, “There is no homelessness.” However, it might be...
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Je Suis Homeless
I am homeless. I am an elderly man who has been living on your streets for more than 35 years. You walk by me—sometimes with a disdained face. You step over me, as if I am a stray dog. You walk around...
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A Bird’s Eye View of Homelessness: Hong Kong’s Sky Slums
In the United States, the gap between those holding the most wealth and the extremely poor is an issue that is quickly coming to the forefront of the political scene. In fact, it could very well become...
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Ending the Cycle of Homelessness
For the past five years, the federal government has been implementing a courageous and visionary initiative to end homelessness for this country’s veterans, chronically homeless individuals, and...
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Convert Bus Benches into Homeless Shelters?
Vancouver bench/shelter A “homeless-looking” man sleeping on a bus bench is certainly one of the many stereotypical images of homelessness in this country. Of course, if I were homeless, I would look...
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Are Service Providers Helping Solve Homelessness?
PATH was founded over 30 years ago and, for 19 of those years, I have been leading the agency. Running a small organization was simpler back then. We helped homeless people find jobs and provided...
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Shelter For All?
The concept of quickly placing people who are homeless in permanent homes – rather than first moving them to shelters – has become the priority for almost every jurisdiction in America. This approach...
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