Two dozen homeless veterans are closer to having a roof over their heads as a result of a $5,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation to boost Savannah’s Tiny House Project, […]
Homelessness
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A closer look at the cascading effects complicating this hurricane season
Evictions, unemployment, and a pandemic create the perfect storm, pun intended
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Real change and real service require transcending party politics
Social change demands that you think differently. It also asks you to take risks. Actions like these come with a cost. Are you willing to sacrifice relationships and associations to do the right thing?
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Editor’s Note: Dying malls = affordable housing?
In Savannah right now, there is at least as much of a demand for affordable housing as there is for upscale condos and/or Airbnbs. Many would argue, a much higher demand. The trick is to make this demand able to be met in the real world, in a market economy.
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Emmaus House serves a daily Feast of Love to the homeless and hungry
Emmaus House serves up helpings Monday-Friday to the homeless and hungry members of our community
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Park Place: Transitional living program fills crucial service gap
Park Place Outreach has been providing a safe, secure, and loving temporary home for children who are homeless, runaway, or victims of abuse in Savannah since 1984
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The true cost of insufficient affordable housing
Data from communities nationwide shows that the annual cost of one chronically homeless person ranges $20,000 to over $50,000
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Shelter of last resort: The Civic Center and Hurricane Dorian
Just like every other hurricane, there will be a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking. But the people that I met at the Civic Center on Wednesday evening were grateful to have the soon-to-be demolished roof of the MLK Arena over their heads.
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Homilies for the homeless
The praise band is mostly made up of members who reside in the encampments, but some other musical talent joins in too
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Help Savannah’s homeless with Union Mission
‘We are certainly of the philosophy that it’s going to take our whole community to end homelessness as much as we can’
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Homeless churches helping homeless people
The reasons for homelessness are as diverse as the population itself, but some of the reasons include illness, divorce, inability to receive aid, and loss of job.
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Tiny houses, big benefits
A new initiative from Cindy Kelley and the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless aims for 75 affordable homes, most of them 128 square feet, on 3.5 acres of land off Wheaton Street. Two earlier site locations failed because of community opposition.