Michael Smolens: Homelessness is going to get worse

Michael Smolens: Homelessness is going to get worse

There hasn’t been much to cheer about on the homelessness front for years. And what’s to come may bring a torrent of tears. Local and state budgets are tight, teetering on, or dropping into, deficit territory. Reduced funding from those sources combined with increasing costs already meant fewer people can be helped, whether assisting them with shelter or keeping those with housing from losing it. The region’s overtaxed shelter system that ideall…

Staying Safe While Homeless

In survival mode, the idea of true safety can sometimes feel unobtainable. Safety can feel like a privilege that you can’t access at all, or can only have in parts.