August 11, 2008 – 9:23 am
Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram ran this editorial yesterday. It’s written by Philip Mangano, the Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. It’s encouraging.
The national figures demonstrate that the number of homeless people experiencing chronic homelessness — our most vulnerable and disabled neighbors — dropped from nearly 176,000 in 2005 to fewer than 124,000 [...]
Many people who are chronically homeless are mentally ill. They also have frequent interactions with the law enforcement system. They get arrested a lot, and many of them tend to spend a lot of time in jail.
““Probably about $400,000 a year is what we spend just on psychotropic drugs to treat the mentally ill. I’ll [...]
Thanks to Katie Granju at KnoxvilleTalks for this post. It is possible that this dialog might turn out to be helpful, too, although…well. We’ll see.
The old 5th Avenue Motel on the corner of 5th & Broadway has been a rough spot for a long time. You can find all kinds of stuff about it in [...]
This story over at the Sentinel is still getting comments today, which seems a little unusual. If you’d like to see the following ones in context, the whole stack is just a click away.
This project at Flenniken was to have been permanent supportive housing for people who are chronically homeless, one small part of addressing [...]
When we say things like “Most of the homeless people in Knoxville are from around here,” or “Over a quarter of the homeless folks we’ve talked with here say they came here to look for a job,” people sometimes want to know where we get those ideas.
Dr. Roger Nooe is the leading expert on [...]
We know that permanent supportive housing makes economic sense. It’s less expensive to provide a home, with support services, to a homeless person than it is to support that same person on the street. We also know it’s more humane than just making homelessness more comfortable. Check out our FAQ to learn more about why [...]
MetroPulse reported on February 14, 2008, that the Mayors’ Office of the Ten-Year Plan was pursuing acquisition of the Parkway Hotel on Chapman Highway for development of 48 efficiency apartment units. Those apartments would have been used for permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals. A nonprofit corporation was to have been the [...]
February 13, 2008 – 3:05 pm
Mayor Bill Haslam, along with the mayors of Chattanooga, Nashville, and Memphis, has asked Governor Bredesen to consider offering some funding from the State to help in addressing the issue of chronic homelessness. You can read Tom Humphrey’s story in the News Sentinel right after you click this link.
As Mayor Haslam mentions in the article, [...]
January 9, 2008 – 3:12 pm
WBIR’s excellent story about Gary Waddell raised a question from a commenter at the WBIR site. I think the commenter wants to know how we know about the costs associated with chronic homelessness.
Good question. It’s very hard to nail down an airtight answer. This year, Dr. Roger Nooe will be refining the data below. [...]