Advice to the world on dealing with homelessness seems to be harnessed to a grand scale. When a bunch of folks become homeless, it becomes a community issue, a city, state, federal issue, a crisis for an entire population. Such challenges and solutions are considered and steps to taken to meet the challenge on a grand scale. It’s indeed the framework for much of our (affordablehousingaction.org) exploration and discussion about homelessness and housing.
But at the most fundamental level, it is individuals and families who experience homelessness. The needs are those of survival, with a hope for speedy resolution to this devastating crisis.
There are community theories about what needs to be done with macro problems, like unsanctioned tent encampments and their dangers. Meanwhile, homelessness arrives as a micro problem for the people living in tents, “What steps do I (and my family) need to take in the face of a homelessness calamity?”
Which makes the following article a little unusual, focused as it is on what individuals ought to do when they suddenly find themselves without a home. Read more in Twisted Sifter: What Would You Do in the First 24-72 Hours Being Homeless? Here’s What People Said.
