50 YEARS OF HOMELESS ADVOCACY IN CAMBRIDGE
An interview with First Church Shelter Director Jim Stewart
UNHOUSED STUDENTS
“The instability of housing for families often creates anxiety and a sense of uncertainty.”
RUNNING A SHELTER, BUT VYING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
“We’re very under-stocked with housing opportunities. Since we had 52 people in the shelter, getting housing for only 12 of them means that there were a lot left out. So we’re in desperate need of additional housing.”
THE WAITING GAME
He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square
IN MASS, A LACK OF COORDINATION HAMPERS EFFORTS TO HELP THE UNHOUSED
“We don’t have a network of communication between the communities, so it’s very easy for people to slip through the cracks, which is not good for them.”
HOUSING FIRST IN MASSACHUSETTS, EXPLAINED
Studies show that permanent supportive housing works, including in Massachusetts. Here’s how it has worked so far, how it could work on a larger scale, and what’s holding it back.
“REBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS” AT HARVARD SQUARE’S UNIQUE YOUTH HOMELESS SHELTER
“You’re coming into a space that is primarily filled with people that are in your age range, and I think in any world that’s a safer space to be.”
FOLLOWING UP WITH A FAMILY FORCED OUT BY FLAMES
“In about five minutes, everything we had was all ashes, and there was nothing we could do about it.”
INTRODUCING CAMBRIDGE UNHOUSED
Why are we blanketing one Massachusetts city in particular with focused housing crisis coverage this winter?
