The issue of homelessness is one that requires new solutions to an old problem. Here is a visual showcase:
What: Being a Good Neighbor - Building Micro Mobile Homes
Where: Los Angeles, California (see http://www.people.com/article/los-angeles-man-builds-tiny-house-homeless-woman)
Who: Elvis Summers, 37 inspired by Irene "Smokie" McGhee, 60
What: Creating Jobs based on Homeless Skill set - Knowledge of the City Streets - Hidden City Tours, social enterprise
Where: Barcelona, Spain (see http://www.hiddencitytours.com/)
Who: Founder, Lisa Grace
What: International Network of Street Papers in a social enterprise and self-help model for homelessness and/or unemployed
Where: INSP was founded in Glasgow, Scotland and operating in 35 Countries including Croatia
Who: The Big Issue model which then formed INSP was founded by Gordan Roddick and A. John Bird in 1991. Mel Young was a cofounder of the INSP network in Scotland and now runs Homeless World Cup.
What: Housing First initiatives, State Government Prevention initiative started in 2005, homelessness is down 91% and may be eliminated by 2015 (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2015/0504/How-Utah-reduced-homelessness-by-more-than-90-percent)
Who: If someone is homeless...give them a home
Where: State of Utah and others
Some resources for further investigation into the status, causes and solutions in our communities are welcome. Here is a starter list readily available but please place more in the comments below. They are set up showing levels of activity (Individual, Institution, Location) rather than a bibliography.
Lynette Šikić-Mičanović, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb research from 2009 on slide share: http://www.slideshare.net/FEANTSA/sikic-paris-2009
Morena Šoštarć, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb for European Journal of Homelessness, December 2013: http://www.feantsaresearch.org/IMG/pdf/ms_croatia.pdf
Udruga Most from Split, Croatia operates the portal Beskučnici.info as a Croatian online resource center on all homelessness issues facing the country.
Drago Lelas, Vilma Mlinarić and Zvonko Mlinar lead the Croatian Network for Homelessness located in Zagreb
Janice Elliott is Executive Director of the Melville Charitable Trust located in Stony Brook, NY, USA which support homelessness prevention and solutions in the USA but have summary of "What We've Learned" that may be useful to others.
Stephen Gaetz is the Principal Investigator at The Homeless Hub based out of Canada which congregates research and solutions to homelessness with over 500 resources and counting.
Cyndi Lauper, former homeless teen, pop star and True Colors Fund testifying before US Congress about private public partnerships to help 12-24 homeless youth particularly LGBT community.
Multiple Photographers across many Countries, Visual Stories of the Homeless on Pinterest
Drew Broderick's Mobile Showers http://www.people.com/article/north-fort-myers-florida-drew-broderick-mobile-shower-unit-homeless give a fresh start to the homeless.
What: Being a Good Neighbor - Building Micro Mobile Homes
Where: Los Angeles, California (see http://www.people.com/article/los-angeles-man-builds-tiny-house-homeless-woman)
Who: Elvis Summers, 37 inspired by Irene "Smokie" McGhee, 60
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| Source: People Magazine 30 April 2015 |
Where: Barcelona, Spain (see http://www.hiddencitytours.com/)
Who: Founder, Lisa Grace
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| Founder of Hidden City Tours, Lisa Grace, Barcelona Source: Carlos Hernandez, Photographer from article by Koren Helbig in Let's Go with Ryan Air on 1 August 2014 |
What: International Network of Street Papers in a social enterprise and self-help model for homelessness and/or unemployed
Where: INSP was founded in Glasgow, Scotland and operating in 35 Countries including Croatia
Who: The Big Issue model which then formed INSP was founded by Gordan Roddick and A. John Bird in 1991. Mel Young was a cofounder of the INSP network in Scotland and now runs Homeless World Cup.
Salesforce of Uličnice Svetiljke in Rijeka, Croatia
Source: Facebook page of Uličnice Svetiljke posted by
Sinisa Pucic on 21 December 2012
What: Elemental Half-finished housing which provides half finished homes to create low budget housing options which can later be finished off by residents when they have the money.
Who: Alejandro Aravena architecht and social entrepreneur who founded Elemental in 2006
Where: Chile ---see more examples or watch his talk on Ted.com
What: Housing First initiatives, State Government Prevention initiative started in 2005, homelessness is down 91% and may be eliminated by 2015 (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2015/0504/How-Utah-reduced-homelessness-by-more-than-90-percent)
Who: If someone is homeless...give them a home
Where: State of Utah and others
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| Scott Nowlin, 60, was homeless for 20 years before he was given a home as part of Utah's Housing First program - Source. |
Some resources for further investigation into the status, causes and solutions in our communities are welcome. Here is a starter list readily available but please place more in the comments below. They are set up showing levels of activity (Individual, Institution, Location) rather than a bibliography.
Lynette Šikić-Mičanović, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb research from 2009 on slide share: http://www.slideshare.net/FEANTSA/sikic-paris-2009
Morena Šoštarć, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb for European Journal of Homelessness, December 2013: http://www.feantsaresearch.org/IMG/pdf/ms_croatia.pdf
Udruga Most from Split, Croatia operates the portal Beskučnici.info as a Croatian online resource center on all homelessness issues facing the country.
Drago Lelas, Vilma Mlinarić and Zvonko Mlinar lead the Croatian Network for Homelessness located in Zagreb
Janice Elliott is Executive Director of the Melville Charitable Trust located in Stony Brook, NY, USA which support homelessness prevention and solutions in the USA but have summary of "What We've Learned" that may be useful to others.
Stephen Gaetz is the Principal Investigator at The Homeless Hub based out of Canada which congregates research and solutions to homelessness with over 500 resources and counting.
Cyndi Lauper, former homeless teen, pop star and True Colors Fund testifying before US Congress about private public partnerships to help 12-24 homeless youth particularly LGBT community.
Multiple Photographers across many Countries, Visual Stories of the Homeless on Pinterest
Drew Broderick's Mobile Showers http://www.people.com/article/north-fort-myers-florida-drew-broderick-mobile-shower-unit-homeless give a fresh start to the homeless.
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