Listening House In The News

Take a look at some of the latest news about Listening House and Homelessness

Listening House in the news:

• St. Paul Pioneer Press:
  St. Paul, Listening House hire homeless to clean up downtown

• KSTP - TV (Ch. 5):
  Former Lowertown restaurant site transitions into day shelter to help those in need

• Mpls Star-Tribune:
  After 40 Years, Listening House Finally Has a Home of Its Own

• Pioneer Press:
  New Listening House Day Shelter for Homeless Officially Opens On East 7th Street

• As St. Paul cold snap continues, officers carry gloves, meat sticks, and directions to warmth

• MinnPost:
  Listening House practices ‘radical hospitality’ at new resource center

• In Memoriam: Rosemarie Reger-Rumsey

Photo credit: Andy Steiner (MinnPost)

Recent News About Homelessness in Minnesota:

• AP: A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent, new study finds

• $43.5 million for homeless assistance awarded to Minnesota

• Minneapolis Carries out eviction of homeless encampments

• Wilder Research: 2023 Minnesota Homeless Study

• Mortality Rates for Minnesota’s Homeless Three Times Higher Than General Population

Homelessness Resources:

• U.S. Dept of Health and Human Resources:
  Homelessness Resources and Programs

• National Alliance to End Homelessness:
  State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition

• National Center for Homeless Education:
  Data and Statistics on Homelessness

National and International News and trends:

• NBC News, Jan. 12, 2024 Supreme Court to weigh whether states can punish homeless people for sleeping on public land

• NBC News: Dec. 15, 2023 Homelessness hits its highest reported level as rents soar and pandemic aid lapses, U.S says

• Euronews, Nov. 12, 2023 Paris Olympics: What’s Happening to the homeless population?

• United Nations: Everyone Included - how to end homelessness
  Excerpt: Homelessness is one of the crudest manifestations of poverty, discrimination and inequality, affecting people of all ages, genders and backgrounds. Globally, 1.6 billion people worldwide live in inadequate housing conditions, with about 15 million forcefully evicted every year according to UN-Habitat, which has noted an alarming rise in homelessness in the last 10 years.

• HOMEMORE Project May, 16, 2022 How Homelessness is Addressed in Different Countries
  Excerpt: “Finland’s approach is “Housing First” for individuals who experience it. In 2007, a plan was introduced to provide permanent housing, making solving health and social problems much less complicated. People who are homeless are given permanent housing on a typical lease that can range from a self-contained apartment to even a housing block with continuous support.