affordable housing

Like most conversations Nashville has that are related to housing for the poor and those experiencing homelessness, lots of great ideas with very little forward progress.....

Nashville's poor must wait for housing trust fund
Gail Kerr

I was recently chatting with a gentleman, Richard Aberdeen, who'd posted a great music video on YouTube about Homelessness in America and I suggested he do something cl

Now that a black man is the man, how will black leaders react and how will Obama handle their demands and criticism?

What if they had provisionally been able to access mortgage advice in their own language about predatory lending?

If you've not visited Matt's Homeless Tales site, you're missing a a lot of great stuff.

Two awesome recent posts, "You’re Crazy, You Smell, You Must Be Homeless" 

It's certainly wonderful that Channel 5 wants to assist the homeless by partnering with the Mission, lord knows they need the help.

The Washington Times, Editorial, Friday, October 10, 2008 - The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as ACORN, is under investigation by state and federal authorities for its voter registration drives. Allegations are that ACORN's get-out-the-vote efforts have produced thousands of fraudulent registrations.

Great to see Erik Cole, who also sits as the Chairperson for the Homelessness Commission, involved in this effort, although I figured he would be back when I first posted on this development.  Cole's relaxed yet effective manner can often soothe ruffled feathers while moving the agenda item forward.  

The way we're heading, we may be seeing more folks on the street than in housing before this economic disaster fades to memory.  I just hope peeps remember who it was that put us here.....

you could exchange just about any state for Mass. and this title would still be accurate....

Economy creates surge in homeless Mass. families