homeless

  1. wizehop

    Homeless Man Tearfully Watches As Police Destroy His Shelter

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/homeless-man-watches-shelter-destroyed_n_5634527.html Homeless Man Tearfully Watches As Police Destroy His Shelter The Huffington Post | By Robbie Couch Sam had just one request for police about to destroy the makeshift shelter in the woods he'd...
  2. K

    News & Blogs Legal weed in Colorado causing uptick in homeless population?

    If they think the shelters are full now, wait for when the cold arrives. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/28/is-legal-pot-causing-a-surge-in-homelessness-in-denver-who-knows/ The Denver Post has a story this weekend claiming that marijuana is contributing to the city’s...
  3. C

    [Breitbart Reader]: Albuquerque Teens Allegedly Beat Homeless Men to Death During Spend-The-Night

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/21/Albuquerque-Teens-Allegedly-Beat-Homeless-Men-To-Death-During-Spend-The-Night Shared by #BreitbartReaderforAndroid: http://tiny.cc/451k0w ALBUQUERQUE TEENS ALLEGEDLY BEAT HOMELESS MEN TO DEATH DURING SPEND-THE-NIGHT Send a Tip by AWR HAWKINS...
  4. K

    News & Blogs Honolulu Mayor Advocates War on Homeless

    In what could be a war against homelessness, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell instead chose to wage war on the homeless population. According to the following artical he has written an essay advocating a war on the homeless which has appeared in The Honolulu Star Advertiser...
  5. East

    News & Blogs Berkeley will give free weed to homeless medical marijuana patients

    http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/3/5867717/berkeley-free-weed-to-homeless-medical-marijuana-patients Low-income and homeless medical marijuana patients who dwell in Berkeley, California, will soon have access to free weed. Berkeley’s city council unanimously passed a proposal this week that will...
  6. K

    Video Video: LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It Parody - Sexy and I'm Homeless

  7. Thorne

    Houseless Not Homeless Needs Donations, etc. again

    Hello, The Houseless Not Homeless Project is in need of donations again. I have been making lots of care packages (will be posting some pictures on my website soon) and now my supplies are once again running low. You can help in a lot of different ways. I also buy things like local bus...
  8. landpirate

    News & Blogs Las Vegas Homeless are living in Tunnels

    http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/inside-the-tunnels-las-vegass-homeless-population-calls-home?utm_source=vicefbuk LAS VEGAS'S HOMELESS ARE LIVING IN CREEPY TUNNELS By Harmon Leon Jun 16 2014 Photos by the author In the 1990s, Las Vegas began construction on storm drainage tunnels to protect...
  9. Bizarre Odor

    News & Blogs Columbia, SC Rescinds homeless criminalization legislation

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/columbia-criminalizing-homelessness_n_3866273.html Columbia, South Carolina Rescinds Decision To Criminalize Homelessness The Huffington Post | By Eleanor Goldberg Posted: 09/04/2013 1:47 pm EDT | Updated: 09/09/2013 1:29 pm EDT Follow...
  10. K

    Video Video: Rucka Rucka Ali - Homeless

  11. wizehop

    News & Blogs Florida Group Fined $2,238 For Feeding Homeless People

    Florida Group Fined $2,238 For Feeding Homeless People http://iacknowledge.net/florida-group-fined-2238-for-feeding-homeless-people/ For over a year, a Daytona Beach-based ministry has fed the homeless of their community, but now the city wants them to stop. In an effort to drive homeless away...
  12. OhioRiverTrail

    News & Blogs Bill in Congress and Senate so Homeless Young Adults can go and stay in college

    http://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2013/11/college-access-murray-landrieu-baldwin-bill-would-help-homeless-and-foster-youth-get-to-college I guess some colleges still throw there dorm residents out into the cold between semesters? Asking a 23 year man or women and or Veteran to go...
  13. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs People Disguised As Homeless Ignored By Loved Ones On Street In Stunning Social Experiment

    People Disguised As Homeless Ignored By Loved Ones On Street In Stunning Social Experiment The Huffington Post | by Sara Gates Posted: 04/23/2014 6:37 pm EDT Updated: 04/24/2014 4:59 am EDT Print Article More: Make Them Visible Homeless Video Homeless Make Them Visible Homeless Family...
  14. wizehop

    News & Blogs Homeless People & Their Cardboard Signs Hope To Inspire Change

    Starving Artists Project: Homeless People & Their Cardboard Signs Hope To Inspire Change http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/news/starving-artists-project-homeless-people-their-cardboard-signs-hope-to-insp Image © Starving Artists Project/Andrew Zuckerman We hear about the homeless. Talk about the...
  15. wizehop

    News & Blogs Cops dressing up as homeless ...Hobocop??? Really

    Guy in the hoodie holding a sign? That hobocop may cost you more than you think http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/03/26/guy_in_the_hoodie_holding_a_sign_that_hobocop_may_cost_you_more_than_you_think.html @PCARSENAULT TWITTER PHOTO Toronto Police Const. Brian Kellar, posing in an outfit...
  16. wizehop

    News & Blogs Largest Homeless Camp In Mainland USA

    Any one on here live there? or is it still there. Story is a bit dated but enjoyed looking over it none the less. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-jungle-largest-homeless-camp-in-us-2013-8?op=1 WELCOME TO 'THE JUNGLE': The Largest Homeless Camp In Mainland USA Is Right In The Heart Of...
  17. T

    Homeless man shot to death by police while "illegally camping" in the foothills of New Mexico

    Death to all cops! fucking fuck im so enraged right now holy shit these stupid reatarded motherfuckers whathefuck. you have several guys with guns how is a guy with two tiny knives gonna attack you with all those guns pointed at him? why use real ammo when they have "beabag" ammo? fucking...
  18. Thorne

    Houseless Not Homeless Project needs Donations to help with non-profit incorporation.

    HnH PROJECT—Donations While the primary goals of the Houseless not Homeless (HnH) Project are research oriented and academic in nature, those are not the only reasons for its establishment. The HnH Project is also part of a larger dream; a dream that includes the development of the HnH Project...
  19. eske silver

    HASA - Homeless Adults Student Alliance

    So, in dealing with the financial aid here in the bay, it's not hard to see that it's a complete nightmare. Our society is so biased against "homeless people", that it seems the majority of resources, other than food stamps and cash aid, are posed as an "easy for them, but not us' maze. On the...
  20. Matt Derrick

    News & Blogs Selfies With the Homeless, a New Unshareable Low

    http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/selfies-with-the-homeless-a-new-shareable-low Selfies With the Homeless, a New Unshareable Low Tweet By Brian Merchant We live in unequal times, and it's never been more obvious. The gulf between rich and poorAmericans is wider than it has been since 1928...
  21. sketchytravis

    News & Blogs florida homeless

    https://1.1.1.1/login.html?redirect=www.change.org/petitions/mayor-ashton-haward-stop-the-no-blankets-for-the-homeless-ordinance soooo how yall feelin about this one?
  22. menu

    Tips for being Homeless Zine.

    So my girl and I are working on this little zine that we're going to be passing out the the homeless here in Spokane through food not bombs and just on the street. I have a grip of literature typed up already but a lot of it is just common sense shit that anyone can think of. but maybe some just...
  23. Zeke42

    News & Blogs Springfield, Missouri being shitty to homeless.

    http://www.news-leader.com/article/20140129/NEWS01/301290031/homeless-camp-evacuated-rushefsky-burris-williams 'Dawg' moves his belongings from the camp he shared with his girlfriend on Tuesday. He said he was packing everything up because he heard that the homeless were being forced out of...
  24. enocifer

    News & Blogs Deputies shoot, kill homeless man wielding wooden stick--NO SHIT.

    http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/07/local/la-me-ln-deputies-kill-homeless-man-20131007 Deputies shoot, kill homeless man wielding wooden stick October 07, 2013|By Ari Bloomekatz A map shows the approximate location where officials said Los Angeles County… (Mapping L.A. ) Los Angeles...
  25. enocifer

    News & Blogs Bitch pig kills homeless man for calling her a bitch

    Caught On Video: Cop Fatally Shoots Unarmed Homeless Man The homeless man who was fatally shot reportedly caused a disturbance at a nearby McDonald's. (Screenshot/ABC). The fatal police shooting of an unarmed homeless man earlier this week was caught on cellphone video by a bystander. Hans...
  26. D

    News & Blogs Homeless couple sues Missouri town for asking them to leave

    http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/homeless-couple-sues-missouri-town-for-asking-them-to-leave-161904894.html Print Edward Gillespie and Brandalyn Orchard (photo: CBS/St. Louis)By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A small Missouri town was sued on Monday by a homeless couple who are...
  27. enocifer

    Pigs Bust Kansas City Homeless Living in Subterranean City

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/10/police-discover-kansas-city-homeless-living-in-subterranean-city-and-the-images-are-amazing/# A homeless camp in Kansas City was broken up by police and volunteers hoping to help them last week. It wasn’t just your usual tent city though, as it had a...
  28. eske silver

    Homeless Resource Website - California

    http://www.homelessresourcesca.org/ A fairly easy to use website, that lists a large compilation of resources, including Mental Health, Shelters, Laundry, Thrift Stores, Sober Living, and many, many more. Created and maintained by a fellow, named Matt Kennedy, who apparently (if you scroll down...
  29. thapoet

    News & Blogs It's official... Columbia SC bans homeless

    Under Runyan’s “Emergency Homeless Response” plan, homeless-looking people in the city’s 36-block downtown district will be asked by police to move to a shelter on the outskirts of the Columbia. If a person refuses, they could be arrested on a range of public nuisance laws. Once at the shelter...
  30. pacifier

    News & Blogs Columbia, SC criminalizes homelessness

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/columbia-south-carolina-criminalizes-homelessness_n_3795397.html?ir=Impact I know where I'm not going City council members in Columbia, S.C., recently voted unanimously to criminalize homelessness. Concerned that Columbia has become a “magnet for...
  31. Thorne

    Houseless, Not Homeless: My undergraduate, Honors Thesis

    Hello, My name is Thorne. I am not new to STP, though it has been a very long time since I last logged in. Those of you who know me know that this is because I have been diligently working towards a PhD in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Too Stoned (Tucson). Those of...
  32. thapoet

    MUY IMPORTANTE!!! California Homeless Bill Of Rights

    Today, April 23,2013, California Legislature passed the California Homeless Bill of Rights. I feel this is an important developement since only Rhode Island and California have such a protective measure. It paves the way for Homeless Advocacy Groups to help with councel among other things. We...
  33. landpirate

    Homeless City Tours

    So in Bath, UK they have set up a social enterprise where homeless people give guided tours of the city. I've heard about it happening in London too. Perhaps a way to make some cash...
  34. dprogram

    Des Moines, Iowa Homeless Camp

    Homeless can stay in Des Moines camps Hearing officer agrees with defense that consequences of eviction are worse than unsafe conditions http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130212/NEWS/302120049/Homeless-can-stay-in-Des-Moines-camps?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage I couldn't copy...
  35. NihilisticNihilist

    The Homeless People ( Worth a look )

  36. jeffyDee

    being homeless in a toronto winter

    im a little further north i dont own a sleeping bag or even a winter coat so what all should i prepare for before i dip out of where im at
  37. T

    Why "homeless" are feared by "normal" people

    For the last 100,000 years of humans existence the majority of the human population lived a nomadic hunter gatherer life. Up until 1492 half the worlds hemisphere lived such a existence and were quite happy with it.Most people steered clear of the city's because they knew that diseases and death...
  38. S

    Homeless man jailed after charging cellphone at public park

    SARASOTA, Fla. -- A homeless man spent the night in a Southwest Florida jail after a police officer accused him of stealing by charging his cellphone at a public park. An arrest report says that a Sarasota police sergeant spotted 28-year-old Darren Kersey charging his phone Sunday evening in a...
  39. Alex the Weaver

    News & Blogs Shooting Homeless People With Paintballs: National Guard's Culture of Criminality Revealed

    It's actually so much worse: Sexual Abuse, Embezzlement and Shooting Homeless People With Paintballs: National Guard's Culture of Criminality Revealed The Arizona National Guard’s leadership has allowed a culture of criminality and misconduct to develop, according to an exhaustive...
  40. P

    News & Blogs homeless man beaten by cops for sleeping at synagogue w/video

    http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/video-nypd-police-officers-beat-unarmed-shirtless-ehud-halevi-jewish-synagogues A recently released video (below) shows a New York police officer beating a shirtless man, Ehud Halevi, in the basement of the Aliya Institute youth center in Brooklyn...
  41. ipoPua

    homeless winter in nyc?

    my plan for ages has been to go west for this winter but circumstances are making me seriously reconsider. this girl i really care about is super sick and i dont want to be so far away from her. i'm desperate to see the west but i've never spent any real time in nyc and i'd be happy enough...
  42. Sexyrexy1989

    New to the whole Homeless traveling lifestyle

    Let just start of by saying i am a 23 year old fairly healthy and intelligent young man, And due to recent personal changes in my life will be short of a place to live and have decided to start traveling. I am very new to this and only have one experience with hitchhiking in which i hitchhiked...
  43. D

    Working, homeless with a dog

    i have a van i live in and when i had a part time job, i just quit, my dog stayed in my van the few hours i worked. now if i hit the road hoofin it im not sure what i can do with him if i find a job working for like a store or something where i cant be with him except breaks and lunch. does...
  44. Nathen Reyna

    17 and homeless for about 2 months now... any tips?

    Uhm hey lol Im open to suggestions cause winters around the corner. Im in michigan so that kinda means Im fucked if I dont figure something out. I can carry my own weight pretty damn good but I have no idea on how to get started Ive gotten this far and idc what I have to do to survive. Any tips...
  45. A

    Homeless by choice, living on campus

    I am mildly seeking advice from people who have lived on campus or have become homeless by choice. I've come to a stand point where my student loans are not enough to cover rent and my growing bills (soon to be in collections). Not to mention that all my job experience is in retail, and that...
  46. F

    homeless soon but not by choice

    don't know quite where to begin, but starting here looked good. ive got 'til december to figure things out. currently im staying with family in KY, but im from TN before that and i'm looking to head back, possibly to Nashville. im interested in anybody with info on squatting and refurbishing...
  47. Neo

    homeless, carless, jobless college grad struggling to get on solid ground...

    All I have ever wanted to do my entire life is help people... Now I find I cannot even help myself. I need a solid place for a while til I can get work and get back on track. Helping me now will in turn help hundreds if not thousands later. BEST BELIEVE IT! Please help...
  48. stvnb333

    ski bummin - homeless in Breck???

    whats up all? I'm Smilee, 21, and I be a VT ski bum, i have the chance to head west tommorow all the way to CO through a ride share, (been tryin to get back for 4 yrs now), and im wondering what its like out there to be on the street, spangin, findin work, etc right now. I'm shootin for the...
  49. Dameon

    Bums Making a Mess All Over the City

    Me and my girlfriend have started a band (well, right now, a duo). Just banjo and guitar right now (and some pennywhistle), but we're hoping to pick up a washboard and a wash bucket bass sometime soon, and perhaps some people to play them. We play a fusion of traditional Appalachian music...
  50. st1tch

    Homeless in Canada for the winter

    What's everyone's favorite city to stay in for our cold Canadian winters?