Feeding the Homeless Defies Easy Fix
Our focus on the city's homeless population is part of an ongoing conversation engaging politicians and citizens alike. We discuss the count, cause, interventions and solutions, while griping or...
View ArticleAddress by the Minister of State Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD at a ceremony to...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) 12th November 2015 Minister Coveney, Deputy Commissioner, Chief of Staff, Secretaries General Quinn and Waters, Veterans, honoured guests,...
View Article2015 Mayoral Prayer Breakfast (Joondalup City Council)
(Source: Joondalup City Council) All news 12/11/2015 8:24:39 AM Providing assistance and support to vulnerable and at-risk people in our community, such as the homeless, sick, aged and the poor, was...
View ArticleProject Homeless Connect 15 Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather Forecast (City...
(Source: City and County of Denver, CO) Organizers working with area providers to focus on outreach and sheltering during cold snap DENVER - Nov. 16, 2015 - Due to blizzard warnings and forecasts of...
View ArticleSerious injury collision in Dublin on the 7/11/15 (Ireland National Police...
(Source: Ireland National Police Service) 07/11/2015 Gardaí at Kevin Street are appealing for witnesses following a traffic collision on Merchants Quay, Dublin. A...
View ArticleCouncillors to assess redesign of Dublin’s College Green
Plans for the redesign of Dublin’s College Green, including a permanent ban on private cars and a new pedestrian plaza in front of the Bank of Ireland, will be presented to Dublin city councillors...
View ArticleMinister promises 10 times more social houses by year end
The number of social houses built will increase tenfold by the end of the year, Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has said. He was speaking following a homeless forum at the Department of the...
View ArticleMinister promises to build 200 social houses by year’s end
The number of social houses built will increase tenfold by the end of the year, Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has said. He was speaking following a homeless forum at the Department of the...
View ArticleSCHUMER: WITH FRIGID WINTER TEMPERATURES FAST APPROACHING, MORE THAN 700...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 11.04.15 Sweeping Legislation Will Encourage Landlords To Rent To Veterans, Provide Grants To Organizations that Support Formerly Homeless Veterans, Expand...
View ArticleA family’s search for suitable home after years on waiting list
The housing crisis in Dublin may make more headlines, but the problem is not confined to just the capital with the combination of rising rents and shortage of housing stock is putting greater strain on...
View ArticleDublin City Council budget 2016 takes account of government inaction on...
(Source: Sinn Féin) 10 November, 2015 - by Denise Mitchell Speaking after the Dublin City Council budget was passed last night Beaumont-Donaghmede Councillor Denise Mitchell said, '2015 was a difficult...
View ArticleA New Deal for tenants & greater supports for families facing homelessness...
(Source: Department of Environment, Community and Local Government of Ireland) A New Deal for tenants & greater supports for families facing homelessness 10/11/15 Rent Certainty Proposals and...
View ArticleHomelessness: ‘I never thought it could happen to me, and so fast’
Ian Cleary (42), from the Old Bawn in Tallaght, has been staying in one of last winter’s Cold Weather beds since May. He goes to work as a baker, from his emergency homeless accommodation each day....
View ArticleSounding Off! Northumbria academics create interactive ‘sound-walk’ about...
(Source: Northumbria University) Interactive signage is to go up around Newcastle city centre this week to help raise public awareness and understanding of street homelessness. The 'sound-walk',...
View ArticleArrest and Court appearance following robbery Dublin 7/11/15 (Ireland...
(Source: Ireland National Police Service) At approximately 10.50am yesterday morning a lone male entered a pharmacy on Eden Quay armed with a hammer. He threatened staff and...
View ArticleDublin’s homeless budget to rise over 50% since 2014
Some €91 million is to be spent providing homeless services in Dublin next year - more than 10 per cent of Dublin City Council’s €803.5 million budget for 2016. The council had last year budgeted just...
View ArticleLeading the Nation In Our Nation's Capital
Across the country, far too many men, women and families with children experience homelessness. Here in the District of Columbia, in the shadow of our nation's capital, -- sleeping outside, in a...
View ArticleNot your average homeless hostel: inside Neville and Giggs' hotel of hope
Ex-Manchester United players are letting homeless people stay at £1.5m property for winter. Given a first tour, the Guardian encounters optimism and conflict...
View Article‘Misery in Dublin’ – what kind of legacy for our children?
On November 23rd, 1913, the Parisian newspaper Le Miroir carried a large photograph of two young boys sleeping on the street in the doorway of a well-appointed shop. Their legs are intertwined – one of...
View ArticleManchester rough sleepers set up new camp near Piccadilly station
Tents pitched off London Road near main rail station after evictions as council struggles to deal with homelessness ‘crisis’...
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