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Homelessness

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Carlos Fernandez, Three Other Teens Killed Homeless Man for a Dollar

    Houston police say four teenagers have confessed to taking part in the murder of a homeless man from whom they stole a dollar. Pedro Ramos, 32, was shot and killed April 4 in the 11700 block of Hempstead Highway. Four teens, including a 16-year-old female, have confessed to taking part in the kill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    City of Houston to Vote on Charitable Feeding Ordinance

    Every Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m., volunteers for Noah's Kitchen gather at Jenni's Noodle House in the Heights and begin prepping for their day ahead. Since 2010, the charity's mission has been to feed Houston's homeless one meal at a time. In their first year, Noah's Kitchen volunteers fed 5,000 p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Not Cool, Nerds: Company Turns Homeless into Hotspots

    There is a scene in the movie Scrooged where the family representing Bob Cratchit's impoverished clan in the Dickens classic, being too poor to afford a Christmas tree, decorate the Tiny Tim character with lights and turn them on as he stands there with a sad look on his face. The family struggles n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    An Afternoon with SEARCH Leads a Writer to Recall His Own Homeless Mother

    As a guest of local homelessness advocates SEARCH, I spent last Friday afternoon pretending to be homeless. Sort of...At any rate, it was a strange afternoon for me as my experience of homelessness is far more up close and personal than that of most people. The afternoon began at the SEARCH facili ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    A Rosary and a Laptop

    Readers praise Prized Possessions.

  • News

    January 20, 2011

    Prized Possessions

    Homeless in Houston share their most important objects.

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Children of God

    At Grissom Elementary 300 of 800 kids are homeless.

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Galveston: Accounts Of Our Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

    Galveston joins the chior invisible​There is a blog out there called 24/7Wall St., and it went out on the great search for web hits with a almost-scientific survey that produced a list of "America's 10 Dead Cities."Among them: Buffalo and Detroit. Also New Orleans, which is a little more debatable ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Tweet, Tweet

    Readers resppond to "The Twitterverse."

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Unidentified Homeless Man, Bayou Body Count No. 97

    Some driver was a long way from the road​A homeless man thought he had a safe shelter set up about 200 feet off Almeda Road. He probably never saw the car coming that killed him.Houston police say a hit-and-run driver left the roadway and traveled the 200 feet to the homeless man's encampment abou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Houston Homeless Run

    Put your feet where your heart is

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    An Historic Night in Houston

    Annise Parker wins the runoff to become Houston's next mayor.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Lawyer Files Suit Against All Those Homeless People Near His Office

    Photo by jkeehler​Clients at the Beacon, a downtown day center for the homeless, received a strange visit during this afternoon's free lunch: attorney Andy Vickery, who held a press conference to announce that he and other lawyers will be representing both them and the Beacon.Christ Church Cathedr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Rider Agrees: Get Those Homeless Off The Light Rail!!

    ​Earlier this month we wrote about how a Metro vice-president blatantly told some citizens that he considered part of his job to be keeping those nasty homeless people off the light rail. Let them take the bus, he more or less said; the light rail is for winners.He has at least one supporter in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    A Homeless Night To Help The Homeless

    Photo courtesy of SEARCH​Want to experience the joys of homelessness -- sleeping under the stars, free dinner -- without any of the risk (or just support the cause of trying to end the problem)?On November 14 local non-profit SEARCH Homeless Services will host its second annual "SleepOut" event, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Stimulus Money: How To Stop Homelessness In Houston Before It Happens

    ​When Lorenzo Timmons was hurt and out of work last summer, and finally ran out of money to pay the rent, he had little choice but the unthinkable: to gather his wife, daughter and whatever he could carry and move his family into a homeless shelter. The Houston Press reported in a cover story ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009
  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Houston's Own Professor Gates Incident, Except With Homeless People

    ​It is not against the law to feed the homeless. Nor does this require a permit. Deputy T. McGilbray of the Harris County Sheriff's Office was apparently unaware of this during his patrol on July 19, when he interrupted a local church group's weekly Sunday afternoon homeless outreach in James ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    New Way To Help The Homeless In Houston

    Photo by Mike GiglioThe "After Dark" shelter program at St. John's Bread of Life is up and running, giving Houston a small push toward the method of dealing with homelessness that has been embraced for years in much of the country. The conversion of the former day center -- located on corner of Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Hydrating The Homeless In Houston

    Photo by shrff14 On a recent afternoon of triple-digit heat, Big Country was passed out on his back in Tranquility Park. He awoke with a roar. "God! It's so hot!" Country grabbed his suitcase and made for the air-conditioned library. He was stopped at the door. Suitcases, at least battered one ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    “Who are the Homeless? – Photographs by Bob Levy”

    City Hall plays host to Houston’s most needy

  • Culture

    April 9, 2009

    Ay, Caramba!

    Mythical euphemisms and Hispanic panhandlers

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped into Homelessness and Poverty by the Crashing Economy

    An already strained system struggles to accommodate a new breed of homeless.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Library, Homeless Advocates Meet; It's "Chill"

    This afternoon, the folks from Food Not Bombs, a local group that serves vegan food to the homeless four nights a week in front of the Houston Public Library, met with some people from the library to decide how they could avoid another confrontation. "It was a lot more chill than I expected," Nick C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    The Library's Patience For The Homeless Apparently Has Expired (Updated)

    The grace period at the Houston Public Library for all undesirables is officially over, it seems. A Houston police officer confronted some members of Food Not Bombs on Monday night - the group serves food to the homeless outside the library - to tell them to start thinking about another base of oper ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    “Understanding Poverty”

    Photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto focuses on homelessness

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2008

    A Modest Proposal: Train the Homeless to Be Better at Being Homeless

    Photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto focuses on homelessness

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2007

    Another Dispatch from the Streets of Houston

    Photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto focuses on homelessness

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Another Dispatch from the Streets of Houston

    Photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto focuses on homelessness

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    A Dispatch from the Streets of Houston

    Photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto focuses on homelessness

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    Mail Call

    Homeless Alone

  • News

    February 22, 2007

    Homeless in Suburbia

    Michael Lyddon slept on this bench at night because he had nowhere else to go. According to elected officials in Fort Bend, though, he doesn't exist

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2006

    Bakery-Fresh Battle

    Michael Lyddon slept on this bench at night because he had nowhere else to go. According to elected officials in Fort Bend, though, he doesn't exist

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    They Walk Among Us

    A closer look at a spiffy downtown park reveals it's crawling with rats

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    Signs of Struggle

    Two new installations at the Galveston Arts Center explore the darker sides of life

  • News

    November 25, 2004

    Free Lunch

    Freegans prove there is such a thing as they Dumpster-dive for food for themselves and the homeless

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    J.R. Richard: The Human Condition

    Freegans prove there is such a thing as they Dumpster-dive for food for themselves and the homeless

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Stretched to the Limits

    Freegans prove there is such a thing as they Dumpster-dive for food for themselves and the homeless

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Dead End

    Downtown redevelopment and economic doldrums are taking Houston’s homeless into even harder times

  • Calendar

    January 30, 2003

    GET and Pre-Existing Conditions

    Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Begging for Help

    Downtown cafes find an unexpected ally in the effort against derelicts

  • Dining

    May 23, 2002

    Not Just Soup

    At the Love-Joy Ministries kitchen, there's dessert and good deeds, too

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Street Scenes

    A Leisure Learning class discovers the truth about homelessness: It's no place for the uninitiated.

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Mission: Impossible?

    SEARCH's mobile outreach team tries to help Houston's homeless off the streets

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    No Miracle on Main Street

    A homeless woman's plight highlights the harsh realities for the disabled poor

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Downing

    Survival Skills. The Star of Hope women's shelter puts on a new face in the wake of a shooting attack

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Placed in the Discard Pile

    About to be booted from the Fourth Ward, poor people are being told they are too poor to qualify for public housing in Houston

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Civil(ity) War

    Does Houston have to get tougher on street people with new laws?

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Bum Deal?

    Politics plays an uncertain backup to this "Gimme Shelter"

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    The Bender Difference

    A former corporate downsizer takes a hard-nosed approach to helping the homeless

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