Martha Cast is a writer who has a BA in English from the University of Arizona. She has been intermittently homeless for the last six years. She wants to see the American people take collective action to stabilize the housing market, create a universal healthcare system and see that everyone has access to higher education and/or attaining jobs skills without incurring outrageous debt.
Martha Cast
Poor in public
In the introduction to her book, Poor in Public, Marta Cast explains her relationship to homelessness.
Star: on the loneliness of living unsheltered
Star reflects on the reason why it is so difficult to become housed. Plus, an update about Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey.
Josh: Sailor, diver, ‘decent human being’
Josh, who is 47, maintains simple, attainable goals: to be happy, and to be a decent human being.