Posts Tagged ‘Homelessness’
County Adding Resources To Address Homelessness During Pandemic
From County Health Services: An annual survey of homelessness in Contra Costa County found significantly more residents without housing in 2022 than three years ago, underscoring a severe shortage of affordable housing and the collateral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the community. During the three years since its 2019 homeless point-in-time count, Contra Costa…
Read MoreContra Costa Health Services, GRIP Add Homeless Warming Center In Richmond
A new, 30-cot warming center in Richmond will bring more Contra Costa residents who are experiencing homelessness out of the cold and into services to help them regain housing. The new service, a collaboration between Contra Costa Health Services’ Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services (H3), the City of Richmond and the Greater Richmond…
Read MoreThe 24/680’s “Homeless Question” – A Crisis In Search Of A Solution
This site recently requested anecdotal commentary from its Social Media users relative to what we perceive as a mounting problem with homelessness in the 24/680 and, as usual, the readership had plenty to say. Sky-High rents in our urban areas have put more and more people onto the streets, it is generally agreed, as those…
Read MoreHomeless – And Not Helpless: Readers Write About The 24/680’s Transient Population
Editor: We write because of your apparent interest in and past stories on our local homeless population here in the East Bay. You have chronicled some of the more egregious instances of abuse by the resident homeless against our neighbors here in Walnut Creek and elsewhere in our region, and we agree that the problem…
Read MoreA Reader Reaches The Limit Of His Compassion
Editor: I read a line in one of your recent articles and found it to be true: “That the characterization of our homeless population – are we really calling them “residentially challenged” now? – should not always depict them as innocent victims but, rather, often as aggressors.” While I have nothing but the utmost concern…
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