Choices

Choosing to be kind vs choosing to be cruel it makes economic sense (as well as moral and ethical sense) to provide homeless people with homes, saving millions of dollars per year according to several studies in Florida and NC… People have a myriad of BASIC needs, sleep, breathe clean air and drink clean water,…

Your tax dollars at work

Millions of Taxpayers Dollars have been thrown away (along with people) Did you know: Leaving people sleep on the streets costs $31,065 per person per year (for frequent emergency room visits, hospital admissions and repeated arrests for homeless-related crimes) while giving people permanent housing, job training, health care and a case manager only costs $10,051…

Folks raise $$$ for homeless

 http://socalcottages.com/models/cabin/ there are homes for $6,450 fully furnished, installed and delivered… there are places such as Eugene, OR and Austin TX that are/have created villages giving homeless people homes, saving their communities money, too…   A village for 200 homeless people in austin, tx, each home will have its own garden, there is a chapel, B&B,…

Dignity and Grace for All

  imagine “affordable and dignified housing” for the impoverished. Since his first home give-away, Greg and some volunteers have built more than a dozen small homes on wheels and gifted them to the area’s homeless. Video and photo from Bay Area Proud – http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/inspired/individuals/oakland-artist-turns-illegally-dumped-garbage-into-homes-for-homeless.html http://gizmodo.com/how-a-chinese-company-3d-printed-ten-houses-in-a-single-1557613229 a free mobile library  

Homeless Celebrities

25 celebs who once were homeless With all of the stigma and shame put upon poor people and homeless “bums” these days, it is inspiring and important to realize that some people that Americans and others around the world idolize because of their celebrity status once were homeless. Just goes to show that people are…

Where can you afford to live?

      on the TV shows, Treemasters and Building Wild, you have to already own your own land, have a budget (MONEY), as well as people to help you build … that is very nice for RICH folks, but what about people without land, without funds, without credit and without a support system????  …

Women build DIY homes

I have been wanting my own land and home for quite some time. My dog Cici and I would love to create a village of harmonious like-minded people to live in community with. And we also think that senior citizens (such as myself) living on a very fixed income along with single moms might make…