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Homelessness

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Healthcare for Homeless Head Meets Michelle Obama, Gets Big Surprise Check

    As founder and president of Healthcare for the Homeless -- Houston (HHH), Dr. David Buck is a busy man. So busy, in fact, he was taken aback when his office got a voice message from U.S. Representative Gene Green's wife Helen saying that she would like Dr. Buck to attend the Centennial First Lady's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Midtown to Get 192-Unit Housing Unit for Homeless Vets

    Groundbreaking is scheduled for tomorrow on an $18 million Midtown project that will include 192 housing units for homeless vets. Near the old Days Inn on Travis next to the 59 underpass, the Travis Street Plaza will include housing and support services for homeless and disabled veterans. The locat ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2012

    An Apple from Some Teachers

    Editor and Houston Press earn the TCTA Silver Apple Media award for education coverage

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Lost Boys

    New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    SYDTHEMAN: Don't Get On This Guy's Nerves

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​This is SYDTHEMAN. (Or h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Crazy8 Giving Back With New Release

    Photo by Clyde Grant​t.h.e. MisFit Crazy8 has often been labeled as unconventional and even "insane" for his socially conscious, occasionally sarcastic brand of hip-hop. Some have also criticized his direct contributions to the homeless in Houston. The altruistic rapper is attempting to help " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Houston's Bustling Downtown Now Has Guides, Who Will Also Deal With Panhandlers & the Homeless

    Downtown DistrictThe new downtown guides will also "discourage aggressive panhandling"​Downtown Houston has apparently been suffering a specific problem, and it's not that it looks like a ghost town after 5 p.m. No, apparently the downtown area is filled with confused, overwhelmed tourists w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Cover Story: Prized Possessions

    Video by Daniel Kramer and Monica Fuentes In this week's feature on the homeless and their prized possessions, we speculated that some, though certainly not all or even most of them, might subscribe to Kris Kristofferson's dictum: "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose." How else to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    A Thousand Cranes: Philosophical, Confessional And Loud

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Before you get into thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    HPD: There Might Be A Serial Killer Downtown. Or Maybe Not.

    Raquel Munday: Aggressive towing policy left her helpless​Over the summer and fall, three black women have been found strangled in and around the streets of downtown Houston.While some are starting to speculate that a serial killer is on the loose, at a news conference this week at HPD headquarter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Are The Homeless Ruining Midtown?

    It's a different kind of panhandler in Midtown​Midtown, that instant nightclub spot that emerged a few years ago near downtown, has enough to worry about right now, with Washington Avenue grabbing all the hip, trendy vibe.Now there may be something else to cause concern: Are the homeless getting a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    The Dynamo Stadium Plan Is Magic

    ​The greatest plan ever has been unveiled.Using absolutely no public funding, the city, by April 1, 2012, will get a 20,000 seat, $80 million Dynamo soccer/Texas State Southern University football stadium that will create a new section of downtown, which will undoubtedly boom with economic growth, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Tracy Kidder

    The author of Strength in What Remains discusses his relationship with his most famous subject, Deogratias Niyizonkiza

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    The Country Playhouse New Play Reading Series: Curbs by Dennis Porsnuk

    Catch some new work by a Houston playwright

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Houston's Craziest: The 30 Worst

    The troubled people whom Houston police officers hate to see headed their way.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    You Don't Like Our Homeless? We'll Up The Ante!!

    ​Christ Church Cathedral launched another round of heavy artillery in its ongoing battle with disgruntled neighbor Harry C. Arthur on Saturday afternoon, in the form of carrying out as usual its annual holiday luncheon for the homeless and otherwise needy.Arthur recently sued the church in an effo ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    Saying Goodbye: A serial killer's victim is finally buried and Metro kicks the homeless off the light rail.

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Metro Vice President To Homeless: Stay Off Our Train

    ​Todd Mason is the vice president of real estate services for Metro. At the time of his hiring, there was some concern that by hiring Mason and dabbling in big-time real estate development at and around Metro properties, the transit organization was extending itself far beyond its mission statemen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    Ace of Skates

    BooTown gets you off your ass and out of the theater

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    The End Of The Road For J. Will Jones Elementary's Success Story

    Photo courtesy savejwilljones.com At J. Will Jones Elementary, workers are busy retrofitting, and the staff is getting ready to leave for good. "It's sad to walk through the building and see all the rooms empty, the library stripped clean," Brian Flores, the former principal, tells Hair Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Houston Homeless Get Their Own, Unofficial Library

    Photo courtesy CHOMThe people at the Beacon can use a good distraction. Since the start of the new year, the homeless day center has seen a 20 to 30 percent increase in clients as more people fall victim to the worsening economy. Tracy Burnett, the director at Cathedral Health and Outreach Ministr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    After Three Tries, Homeless Advocate Gets His Day In Court -- And Loses

    It was the trial of the century! Well, err, maybe not ... but to Nick Cooper it felt like it took that long to finally get the right to fight a traffic ticket in Houston's municipal court.In early May 2007, Cooper was handing out apples to a group of homeless people in an alley near the 2000 block o ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    From Homelessness to Wine Snobbery

    Weighing In Across the Board

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped by the Crashing Economy: Hardcore Homeless

    Recycling in and out of shelters and programs, they always seem to land back on the streets.

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Girls Rock!

    Summer camp was never this cool

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    First Thursday @ Dean's: Houston filmmaker Van Blumreich

    Filmmaker Van Blumreich gives us the skinny on his Fury

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    John McCain's Neglected Veterans

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    Slideshow: New York Dolls in Dallas

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    Walking to Los Angeles

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2007

    Ft. Bend's Homeless Youth

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2007

    We Hear Houston Is Lovely. Have You Tried There?

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2006

    Choose Your Own Press Cover

    The candidate's fame is based on his POW status, but he has abandoned his fellow veterans time and time again

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Show God the Money

    Time magazine's star speaks out

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Sloppy Seconds

    It's off to war with the Food Fight Lunch Mob

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2006

    Dyde in the Wool

    It's off to war with the Food Fight Lunch Mob

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2006

    Giving Moore

    It's off to war with the Food Fight Lunch Mob

  • Culture

    June 30, 2005

    Art Lite

    At two new shows, it's half the substance, all the style

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Life on the Sunny Side

    A lucky few homeless people experience life ten miles out from the Pierce Elevated

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    No Way Out

    How can homeless sex offenders comply with the registration laws?

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Love Hurts

    Locked in a labyrinth of codependency, Lolly and Roger spend their days warily together

  • Music

    December 18, 2003

    A Bevy of Benefits

    Saturday, December 20

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Watershed Election?

    A new group wants to push an anti-flooding agenda

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Home from the War

    Midtown battles a plan to house vets

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Civil Judge

    State District Judge Jane Bland

  • Music

    July 12, 2001

    Sacred Blues

    Blues 2 Joy writes a new testament for the devil's music

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Out in the Street

    Westheimer Street Festival and the TABC

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Let the Games Begin

    A lack of lodging. Snarled transportation. Searing summer heat. No matter. Houston boosters say the Bayou City will be unbeatable in the bidding for the 2012 Olympics.

  • Film

    May 14, 1998

    The Larry David Show

    The man behind Seinfeld moves to the big screen

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    Department of Self-Promotion

    The man behind Seinfeld moves to the big screen

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    Houston's Housing

    For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.

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