Homelessness Marathon Headlines

BLOOMINGTON, ILL: Homeless Camp To Be Evicted

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:21:54 UT

A homeless camp that was in place with the tacit permission of the landowner will now be evicted because of pressure from the city. [link]

SAN JOSE, CA: Protest Against Rent Hikes

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:04 UT

There will be a rally against rent hikes for Section 8 tenants, beginning
at 9 a.m., Tuesday, May 29th in front of the Housing Authority building at
505 W. Julian Street.

PHILADELPHIA: Two Dinners One Protest

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:46:24 UT

While Mayor Michael Nutter dined with wealthy patrons inside the Barnes
museum, a coalition of homeless advocacy groups served dinner to homeless people outside, in protest of the mayor's crackdown on feeding the homeless. [link]

USA: Education As A Ticket To The Poor house

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:05:04 UT

The number of people with Master's degrees and PhDs applying for food
stamps and other assistance has tripled just between 2007 and 2010.
[link]

RHODE ISLAND: "Homeless Bill of Rights" Under Consideration

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:08:44 UT

A bill that would ban, among other things, law enforcement harassment of
homeless people has passed one chamber of the Rhode Island legislature and is on its way to the other. [link]

ANGOLA: 500,000 Children Malnourished

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:35:17 UT

Despite a rapidly growing economy, half a million children in Angola are
severely malnourished. [link]

KATHMANDU, NEPAL: Gov't Makes 1000 Homeless

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:53:20 UT

The government demolished 250 illegal shanties and, despite a promise to
house the displaced residents, somewhere, sometime, in the future, the
government's action left 1000 people homeless.
[link]

BOLIVIA: Estimated 259,000 Homeless From Weather

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:32:13 UT

With virtually no press coverage here, more than a quarter of a million
people were made homeless by the intense rains associated with La Nina. [link]

LEBANON: Many Syrian Refugees Homeless

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:27:53 UT

As Syrian refugees pour across the border into Lebanon, there aren't
enough places to put them. [link]

USA: Bill To Stall Foreclosures

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:41:03 UT

Okay, it probably wont pass, and even if it does, it doesn't address the
whole problem, but it's nice to know anybody's trying just the same.
[link]

SAN FRANCISCO: Where The '60s Do Not Live On

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:35:40 UT

Bill Graham may have made his name by putting on shows for crowds of
hippies during the Summer of Love, but now that name adorns the Bill
Graham Civic Auditorium, which is blaring industrial sounds at homeless
campers to shoo them away.
[link]

BRISTOL BOROUGH, PA: Tent City Being Evicted

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:34:18 UT

In what has become the norm around America, a long-term tent city is being dismantled by the authorities, even though its residents have no other housing options. [link]

RIPLY AND HEANOR, UK: Robin Hood Taxes Work!

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:17:45 UT

Over the past nine years, while homelessness was rising elsewhere, the
Derbyshire Dales District Council noted a dramatic drop in requests for
housing aid. This was because they had adopted an aggressive strategy of
homelessness prevention and paid for it with a 90% tax on second homes
in the district.

HOWARD COUNTY, MD: A Sign of the Times

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:56:09 UT

One of our nation's wealthiest counties, with the lowest rate of
unemployment in its state, still has rising homelessness.
[link]

SEATTLE: Protesting After Winning

ra...@lightlink.com (Jeremy Alderson) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:41:02 UT

A group of protesters marched on city hall, after winning a brief court fight for the right to sleep in a park overnight to draw attention to homelessness. [link]