House the Homeless, Inc., founded in 1989, is the oldest, all volunteer, action organization in Texas working to prevent and end homelessness. Our mission is education and advocacy around issues of homelessness. Our goal is prevention and doable solutions, including how to end to economic homelessness here and across the nation. HtH considers all homeless and formerly homeless individuals to be members of this 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation. We strive to ensure that the makeup of our Board of Directors generally not fall below 50% of individuals who were formerly homeless or are currently experiencing homelessness.
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Many Cities Observe Homelessness Awareness Week
Today, we’re looking around America to see what is being done in various cities about the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The news is encouraging. Many groups, both secular and faith-based, are taking on the responsibility for doing...
“Dutch” – Another Name for Austin’s Homeless Memorial
It’s over for another year. On Sunday, November 14, at Austin’s Homeless Memorial, amid prayers and songs, the list was read out. On the shore of Lady Bird Lake, we noted the passing of this year’s street casualties, as well as the victims of previous years....
Faith-Based Help for People Experiencing Homelessness
It comes as no surprise that churches are on board with the Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The principle of sharing material goods with the destitute is a prime directive in every major religion, and if it isn’t, it ought to be. The dates...
Homeless Awareness Week and the Young
Actually, the proper name is “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” but that makes a very long title. If we observed truth in labeling rules and went all the way, it would be “Hunger and Homelessness, and Untreated Mental Illness, and People Freezing, and...
The 18th House the Homeless Sunrise Memorial Service in Austin
This year’s Memorial Service took place on Sunday, November 14th, at 6:58am CT. City: Austin, TXLocation: At the Homeless Memorial & Tree of Remembrance located on Auditorium Shores at South 1st Street and Riverside Drive. It is just 75 yards...
How Austin’s Annual Homeless Memorial Service Began
Coming up next week, November 14-21, is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, observed throughout the country. In Austin, Texas, the week starts off with the Homeless Memorial Sunrise Service, an opportunity for friends and anyone who cares to pay their...
A Book to Help Homeless Veterans
This is the official publication day for Looking Up at the Bottom Line: The Struggle for the Living Wage! by Richard R. Troxell, from Plain View Press. Troxell is in Philadelphia, visiting at the University of Pennsylvania, where the School of Social...
Maria Foscarinis Tells It Like It Is
Today’s interesting person is Maria Foscarinis, Founder and Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, who says, […] I’ve spent the past 20 plus years working for policies to prevent and end homelessness in America. In my...
Big-City Sheriff Halts Evictions
When dog bites man, it isn’t news. But when man bites dog, that’s news. Fresh examples of this old saying appear every day. For instance, if you saw a headline that seemed to mean a sheriff was halting evictions, you would think it was a misprint, right?...
People Experiencing Homelessness are Vulnerable Always
Here is a news item by reporter Jack Encarnacao, about a body found in Quincy, Massachusetts. The deceased was assumed to be a person experiencing homelessness: A 47-year-old man thought to be homeless was found dead in a Quincy Center alley. The...
