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  1. To confront the housing crisis, it is time to think big

    DIRECTOR’S DESK | The homeless numbers are big. The geographic scope of the crisis is big. And the investment required of us is big. Our vision must be, too. How might we envision a future where there is housing for everyone in this region? The new report ...

    23 Aug 2019 - Kaia Sand

  2. Housing as a public safety concern: Yes on the housing bond

    COMMENTARY | If we want to reduce our reliance on prisons and jails, we have to reduce homelessness When asked how I grew so committed to public safety reform, I talk about my experience working with homeless people.  As a community health educator in she ...

    19 Oct 2018 - Talia Gad

  3. Director’s Desk: Metro housing bond’s regional scope the right approach

    We don’t have enough places that very poor people can afford to live There are two women who stay nights in a shelter, and on some warm days spread a blanket on the waterfront like picnickers. One morning I saw one woman helping the other walk with a cane ...

    11 May 2018 - Kaia Sand

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