Words to Remember
Michelle
Homeless in Los Angeles
"I'm a human being, but sometimes I don't feel like one anymore"
Arien
Homeless in Los Angeles
"my third day here [homeless] I was raped, and it was because I was trying to stay in an abandoned apartment, cause I didn't want to sleep on the streets, and I was cornered and i tried to escape, and you know... you know the story"
Mayor Ted Wheeler
Portland, Oregon's Mayor
"Last year, we moved more than 6,000 people out of homelessness and into housing. We prevented nearly 7,500 people, people who are identified as being at the greatest risk of becoming homeless, we prevented those from becoming homeless in the first place. We've doubled our shelter capacity and we've redesigned how those shelters work"
Michelle
Homeless on Venice Beach
"I never asked to be homeless in Venice, it just happened to me"
Websites worth checking out
YouTube channel Invisible People enables homeless people to speak out about their stories. "It is the only education base non profit working at a national level to end homeless". Definitley worth your time to check out some of their videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh4pyZUB0mNzieaKv831flA
Oregonlive is one of many resources that has information about the new proposed budget regarding homelessness in Portland Oregon. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2019/05/mayor-wheeler-proposes-2020-budget-focused-on-homelessness.html