In Hard Lives, Mean Streets, Jasinski and her colleagues detail the horrific violence experienced by many homeless women in the United States using survey data gathered from 737 women recruited at homeless shelters in four Florida cities, and in-depth qualitative interviews with 20 women in Orlando...
The conversation has only just begun, the work to help and serve the poor and homeless is a continual mission in Ocean County, the Jersey Shore and beyond. According to the Monarch Housing Associates study, there was about 344 people a night, on average in 2020, experiencing homelessness in...
The conversation has only just begun, the work to help and serve the poor and homeless is a continual mission in Ocean County, the Jersey Shore and beyond. According to the Monarch Housing Associates study, there was about 344 people a night, on average in 2020, experiencing homelessness in...
Homeless Shelter Hot Spots: An analysis of Crime Around Homeless Shelters in OrlandoHomeless Shelter Hot Spots: An analysis of Crime Around Homeless Shelters in OrlandoPolczynski, Christa GPolczynski, C. G. (2007). Homeless shelter hot spots: An analysis of crime around homeless shelters in Or...
Orlando Last June, a group of activists down in Orlando, Florida were arrested by police for feeding the homeless in defiance of a city ordinance... Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).6 ...
It would amend the city's 'anti-camping ban,' modeling it after an Orlando ordinance that already passed court muster. Supporters say it gives options. "We buy beds in homeless shelters in Miami-Dade County and we offer everybody a bed and offer services to everyone. We'll even buy yu...
Homeless shelters are cleaning up after feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Debby. The Catholic Charities Pinellas Hope Homeless Shelter in Clearwater saw extensive damage to their tents, platforms, sidewalks and roads.
Andrew Cuomo renewed his assault on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s management of the city’s shelters on Thursday. He asserted that the city’s homelessness problem is “growing,” the city’s shelters are dangerous, and that a critical part of...
homeless,” and the problem is uniquely defined as individuals who live week-to-week in cheap hotels, shelters and SROs, one circumstance away from being officially homeless. Writer/director Sean Baker takes this subject on in a stark-but-accessible narrative film called “The Florida Project....
“People call this place a camp, like it’s pretty and fun. It’s not fun at all. We are living like animals and trying to make the best of it.” — Osvaldo Castillo, JTC camp resident in 2009 [2] In 1995, the state of Florida passed one of the first residency restriction laws...