Did you know that 44% of the homeless in America are living without shelter? As discussed in my last post, tent cities have historically been one way people seek shelter, primarily because there is a dearth of affordable housing. Many of them start as disorganized gatherings of squatters with no place else to go due [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Homelessness’
Tent Cities Part 2
Posted in Issues of Homelessness, tagged Homelessness, tent cities on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Reedy Place
Posted in Programs, tagged change, community, Fighting Homelessness, Homelessness, housing, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I was able to visit Reedy Place, which is one of our permanent housing programs for people living with mental disability. There are 23 apartments in Reedy Place, and with the help of the SC Department of Mental Health, we are able to permanently place those who they refer to [...]
A follow up…
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged Bridesmaid's Ball, Bridesmaid's Dress from Hell, fundraising, Homelessness, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Some of you may have noticed that we finally have pictures up on the website from the Bridesmaid’s Ball. It was a great night of fun and fundraising, and I’m happy to say that the ball raised about $40,000 for the Upstate Homeless Coalition. We are so thankful for your generous donations. For anyone who [...]
Stereotypes
Posted in Getting Involved, Issues of Homelessness, tagged Homelessness, stereotypes on February 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Where do our stereotypes come from? While checking up on the headlines, I saw an article on mynorthwest.com about a tent city that has recently moved to the campus of Seattle Pacific University. This tent city is a traveling group of 80 homeless individuals who are required by the city to move around every 90 days. The [...]
Transitions 2000
Posted in Programs, tagged Homelessness, housing, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I recently had the opportunity to meet some of the clients in our Transitions 2000 program. For those of you who don’t know about our transitions program, it is a program that provides transitional housing for homeless individuals and families in 6 counties of the upstate. Members of the program can stay for up to two years, [...]
Thank You
Posted in Issues of Homelessness, tagged Bridesmaid's Ball, eviction, Homelessness, poverty on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Upstate Homeless Coalition extends a thank you to all of those who showed up Saturday night to the Bridesmaid’s Ball. Be looking for an update and pictures later in the week! In the meantime, check out this article from the Tennessean about the Mayer family’s struggle. America’s New Poor
Mortgage Assistance Workshops
Posted in Programs, tagged eviction, Fighting Homelessness, Homelessness, housing, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know? The Upstate Homeless Coalition has HUD certified Housing Counselors and holds Mortgage Assistance Workshops. Most recently, there was a workshop in Anderson on February 7, 2012. Housing Counselors were present to talk about sources of financial assistance, and a representative from SC Legal Services was there to talk through the foreclosure process [...]
Bridesmaid’s Ball on the News
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged Bridesmaid's Ball, Bridesmaid's Dress from Hell, fundraising, Greenville, Homelessness, UHCSC, Upstate Homeless Coaliton, WYFF4 on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Check out our very own Leif Otteson and Kylie Smith on WYFF 4 News talking about the Bridesmaid’s Ball! Click the links below to watch the videos and learn more about the Ball. Part 1. WYFF 4: Bridesmaid’s Ball Part 2. WYFF 4: Bridesmaid’s Ball [...]
Annual Bridesmaid’s Ball
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged fundraising, Greenville, homeless coalition, Homelessness, UHCSC on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time again! The 10th Annual Bridesmaid’s Ball and Dress from Hell Contest are coming up on February 18th at the Greenville Marriott. Tickets are available on the Bridesmaid’s Ball webpage and at the door. The Dress from Hell contest gives “dress to impress” a whole new meaning. Dress to shock and amuse, and [...]
Starter home.
Posted in Getting Involved, Issues of Homelessness, tagged awareness, community, Homelessness on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
