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Month: April 2020

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The history of homelessness in the U.S. rears its head in the face of COVID-19

By Molly Beckhardt and WRAP on April 30, 2020
Features
Many will not remember this, but before the early 1980s, there weren't millions of homeless people in the United States. Contemporary homelessness was created by a federal government response to what was, at the time, considered a short-term economic crisis.

You can’t leave PTSD at the door

By Andy Pope on April 1, 2020
Features   Homeless No More
When I was homeless, I was in a constant state of shock. Now the “shocks” are only intermittent. This is the essence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Breaking down the official COVID-19 homeless response in three Bay Area cities

By Kate Wolffe on April 1, 2020
News
Many unsheltered individuals say the protections are still not enough.

The pandemic resembles one of my psychotic episodes

By Jack Bragen on April 1, 2020
First-person   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
The current pandemic makes it seem as though the world has gone insane. This time, I'm not crazy, but neither are other people. Reality has taken a surreal turn.

A taste of homelessness

By Timothy Busby on April 1, 2020
Commentary   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
I can’t help but think to myself, “now the general population is getting a taste of what we, the homeless, face everyday.”

Street Sheet’s weekly COVID-19 policy recommendations

By The Coalition on Homelessness on April 1, 2020
Commentary   Opinion
The Coalition on Homelessness is closely following policy related to COVID-19 and homelessness. Here are their top shelf policy recommendations.

“The issue of homelessness and housing in America has been a tinderbox waiting to catch fire for generations.”

By Israel Bayer on April 1, 2020
Commentary   Opinion
For many people living and working on the front lines of homelessness, COVID-19 represents the deadly serious reality that people already live with every single day.



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