“We lay out the tarp to give us something dry to lay on and then we lay our bedding out on top of that and then the excess tarp we put over ourselves,” said Clyde Didrickson.
Housing
CHOICES program takes new approach to housing people with severe mental illness
A program in Anchorage is trying a new tactic to help the chronically homeless: Meeting them where they’re at. Literally.
‘I thought he was safe,’ brother says of man found in wetlands
There are moments when James Knudson forgets his younger brother, John Knudson, is dead.
Affordable senior housing project in limbo with broken partnership
“We put in a lot of time, effort, money, blood, sweat, tears into this project and it’s very disappointing, very disappointing,” said St. Vincent de Paul’s Dan Austin.
House Calls To The Homeless: A Doctor Treats Boston’s Most Isolated Patients
James O’Connell refers to himself as a “street doctor.” Since 1985, he has cared for homeless patients, sometimes making visits on park benches or in alleys. His memoir is Stories from the Shadows.
Assembly ambivalent about Gastineau Apartments redevelopment pitch
“It would include a small, contemporary boutique hotel, high-rise condominiums, long-term apartment rentals, a restaurant and lounge” and more, said Jason Clifton.