Tag Archives: homelessness

NPR: Trump wants to return to the use of mental institutions and proposes tent cities to deal with people who are unhoused and have mental illness. Experts say it’s beyond the scope of federal authority.

Posted on January 6, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Politics Trump’s plan for people struggling with mental illness, addiction and homelessness November 12, 20244:47 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered By  Katia Riddle Listen· 3:03 3-Minute Listen Playlist Trump wants to return to the use of mental institutions and proposes tent … Continue reading →

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Source: Invisible People: Housing Advocates Brace for Battle Against Trump’s Anti-Homelessness Agenda

Posted on December 1, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Housing Advocates Brace for Battle Against Trump’s Anti-Homelessness Agenda By Robert Davis | November 18, 2024 | Criminalization | HUD Housing advocates across the nation are preparing to resist potential policies from a second Trump administration that threaten to dismantle Housing First initiatives and increase … Continue reading →

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Invisible People: Meet this homeless person John. Communication is essential. What does John saying about Charities? John uses social media and he uses Tweets ie X … it gives him a sense of altruism to help other people. “My health is controlling my destiny at the moment”. He lives within the day not beyond, because that is not possible when you are impoverished. X @BullRingBash

Posted on October 27, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

It was very challenging to pick a photo thumbnail of John for this video. The reason is John made it challenging. He stuck his tongue out or made a funny face for most of the photos. But that’s the thing … Continue reading →

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Harvard Public Health Magazine: Unhoused shows us the public health crisis under our noses

Posted on June 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Unhoused shows us the public health crisis under our noses We can’t solve the problem of homelessness if we look away Harvard Public Health Magazine Search Open menu  OPINION Unhoused shows us the public health crisis under our noses We can’t solve … Continue reading →

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Harvard Public Health Magazine: “Health care for the homeless” is just a start. People need housing.

Posted on June 21, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Subscribe Opinion “Health care for the homeless” is just a start. People need housing. Otherwise, cycles of hospitalization will continue. Harvard Public Health Magazine “Health care for the homeless” is just a start. People need housing. Share This Filed Under … Continue reading →

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AP: Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? Comment: What can we learn from this in Ireland? Who supplies the tents? This can become, if not already is, an industry

Posted on April 22, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking … Continue reading →

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Our new straight upfront, no nonsense publication The Gript. “Homeless Elderly: a new norm and a new low for Ireland”. Comment: Absolutely agree. Had occasion to go to social housing units in Dublin 4. Sad really, many were men, out of the family home and in social housing. Add to this how difficulty and how long you must remain on the housing list to be get a home.

Posted on April 5, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

https://8450a664becdbcd22946d40b5d374e88.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html C: Shutterstock April 2, 2024   |   John Mac Ghlionn   |   Comment Ireland Homeless Elderly: a new norm and a new low for Ireland In recent times, according to two charitable organizations, Alone and Threshold, there has been a … Continue reading →

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McVerry Trust : we hope they are gaining the support from Government they require while in temporary distress. Austria has a population of 9 million, let’s look to how they deal with their homeless crisis. Comment: postings on this site under homelessness, mental illness, urban abandonments. “The Housing First Concept”. Do you know that “Austria is one of the ten richest countries in the EU and yet over 20,000 people have no home. They are homeless and living on the streets.”. Source: The Good Men Project

Posted on February 6, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Home/Featured Content/Off the Street and Into a Home: Over 1,000 Homeless in Austria Get a Flat Off the Street and Into a Home: Over 1,000 Homeless in Austria Get a Flat An initiative by the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, … Continue reading →

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Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America. Source: The Harvard Gazette. Comment: Time for Ireland and especially our politicians, in this election year and taking note of the 100,000+ thousand immigrants to land on our shore, we must Piggy back. There are many pitfalls to homelessness like poverty, absence of dual diagnosis, drug/alcohol addiction, veterans, drop-outs, and so many more especially when the policy was de-institutionalise those diagnosed with mental illness. Ireland: as we encounter problems with McVerry Trust who have successfully for decades improved the lives, similar to the narrative here, must be supported now, in their financial difficulties. We must learn from the research of others otherwise we will have more encampments than those seen presently at the canal, the Phoenix Park and now Lower Baggot Street. We need stop this now; piggy back on international research and create a system for those prone to homelessness to ensure they live (the reduced age of survival is a stark reminder of what poverty and homelessness can do to human beings) and can achieve supported lifestyles as provided by McVerry Trust and other AHB’s. Clarky Stephen Clarke who died recently opposite the Church in Dublin 2 was only 40 years old. Too young to die.

Posted on January 25, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

NATION & WORLD Quote from article “The public health infrastructure has always been the poor Cinderella, compared to the healthcare system, in terms of funding. We need increased investment in public health services, in the public health workforce, such that, … Continue reading →

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Dublin’s First Homeless Death of 2024: A City Mourns Stephen ‘Clarkey’ Clarke. So sad and so near a decommissioned Church, if this was Japan, Churches are used to tend to the needs of the homeless. Speak to a homeless person and they will tell you the conditions they are expected to live in “noise, drug dealing, fights”. McVerry Trust are hands on dealing with people to give them a better chance than hostels yet they are under scrutiny now and little is known of what they are accused of.

Posted on January 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Dublin’s First Homeless Death of 2024: A City Mourns Stephen ‘Clarkey’ Clarke By: BNN Correspondents Published: January 16, 2024 at 2:24 pm EST The lifeless body of Stephen ‘Clarkey’ Clarke, a middle-aged father, was discovered at the foot of a … Continue reading →

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