My church struggles with how to love our homeless neighbors
posted: August 4, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: alcohol, crack cocaine, homeless news, housing, policy
Blankets, clothing and other items left out in the open by homeless people who sleep outside at Grace Community Church are stacked beside the dumpster a few days before it’s scheduled to be emptied, giving them a chance to retrieve their things.
My church, Grace Community on West Lee Street, is struggling with how to answer […]
Greensboro Urban Ministry to begin housing program for homeless families thanks to $1 million bequest
posted: June 25, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: housing, housing first, news, poverty, Ten Year Plan
From Mike Aiken, executive director, Greensboro Urban Ministry:
The Greensboro Urban Ministry Board of Directors approved the start-up of a new program, Beyond Pathways, and the establishment of a new fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, thanks to the receipt of a nearly $1 million bequest from the estate of Nancy Richmond Hudson.
“Nancy Hudson […]
GHC dinner & discussion: “Your voice counts about homelessness”
posted: June 24, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: events, housing, news
Greensboro Housing Coalition will host “Your voice counts about homelessness,” Wednesday, June 25th at 6:00 p.m. in the 8th floor conference room of the Self-Help Center at 122 North Elm Street in downtown Greensboro. The evening will include discussion and a light dinner. Learn about GHC’s programs on homelessness. Bring your comments, […]
Read More..>>Got something to say? Come to a community discussion
posted: April 5, 2008 | category: community
tags: events, housing, photos
Via email from Liz:
Community Discussions in Greensboro
Have you got something to say? Come share your thoughts and experiences on these topics:
Housing
Education
Employment
Law Enforcement
Researchers From UNCG And NC A&T are doing a comprehensive study on barriers and opportunities in Greensboro, and we want your input. Please attend one of these community discussion meetings […]
Read More..>>This is what it looks like
posted: March 19, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse
tags: homeless news, housing, policy
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“It is the mission of Dorothy’s Place to live, to love, and to work in harmony; to serve the marginalized, to create partnerships that are mutually liberating, and to pursue social justice with respect and dignity for all, in the spirit of St. Francis and Dorothy Day.”
– web site
Thanks, Audrie.
Homeless people return to the street as winter shelter ends
posted: March 15, 2008 | category: faith, homelessness
tags: homeless news, housing, lyrics, music, NightWatch, photos, stories
The Salvation Army of Greensboro’s winter shelter closes until next year.
A homeless man sleeps outside Greensboro Urban Ministry.
Erik put a blanket on the man sleeping outside the shelter.
The cold weather shelter programs at both homeless shelters ended yesterday, and Greensboro Urban Ministry Executive Director Mike Aiken and Salvation Army Major Paul Egan say they won’t […]
Housing ends homelessness, but then what?
posted: March 10, 2008 | category: homelessness, mental health, substance abuse
tags: housing, stories
Giving homeless people housing ends homelessness, but it’s just the beginning of the answer to the crisis of homelessness, because homelessness is not the real problem, it’s just a symptom of the problems that land people on the street.
Recently, a number of my chronically homeless friends have moved from homelessness to housing, and that hasn’t […]
Rats, bedbugs and duct tape: It’s no fun to stay at the YMCA
posted: March 7, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: housing, news, poverty
Image source: Boston Globe
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From The Boston Globe
There have been rat droppings on the old, musty carpet and frequent mouse sightings near holes in the pocked, plaster walls. For months, exterminators have fought an infestation of bedbugs, which left at least one client with bite marks so bad he was treated at a […]
Tenants sue Shannon Enterprises and Alliance Management over housing conditions
posted: January 23, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: housing
Current and former tenants of Greensboro’s South Pointe Apartments are suing the owners and managers of the complex “for damages due to the Defendants’ failure to repair the premises and to put and keep them in a decent, safe and sanitary condition, while continuing to demand and collect rent from the Plaintiffs.” (View complaint […]
Read More..>>Housing Summit 2008
posted: January 9, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: events, housing
Greensboro Housing Coalition’s Housing Summit 2008: “Welcome HOME for the Greensboro Bicentennial,” is January 17th from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Focus areas:
Children’s housing issues
Housing issues for immigrants
Housing issues for disabled & seniors
Homelessness
Homeownership
Rental housing
Healthy homes
» Download brochure and registration info. (link expired)
