Summary: Ed Paige had been homeless for twenty years. But now, thanks to an innovative housing facility in Portland Maine, Ed finally has a stable place to stay, and a chance to get his life together. Gavin Bauer reports.
Going to school in the city, I see homeless people almost everyday. I wonder about them; how they get food, where they sleep, and how they get through each day.
In this piece, a man speaks about his experience as a homeless person. He said how difficult it was to keep moving because of the severe depression, and how many people are prejudice of homeless individuals, making it difficult to find employment to get out of a situation like that.
He then says that he lives in a housing community specifically for people on the streets to get back on their feet, get a job, go back to school, and pay their bills. He sounded quite happy and content with this arrangement.
I felt happy for this man after listening to the story; few people do anything about the many who live their lives with no home and little food. Hearing about how significant this housing plan was to this man's life, and what a difference it made, made me think about how great something like that here in Tucson would be. Or anywhere, really.
The public, I think, would be quite interested in hearing this story, and might look at the next homeless person they see in a new way, thinking more about who they are as people, just like them, capable of living a good life, rather than writing them off immediately as 'homeless people'.
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Produced by Gavin Bauer
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Zoe Bossiere
Posted on December 19, 2007 at 03:20 PM | Permalink
Review of Housing the Homeless
Going to school in the city, I see homeless people almost everyday. I wonder about them; how they get food, where they sleep, and how they get through each day.
In this piece, a man speaks about his experience as a homeless person. He said how difficult it was to keep moving because of the severe depression, and how many people are prejudice of homeless individuals, making it difficult to find employment to get out of a situation like that.
He then says that he lives in a housing community specifically for people on the streets to get back on their feet, get a job, go back to school, and pay their bills. He sounded quite happy and content with this arrangement.
I felt happy for this man after listening to the story; few people do anything about the many who live their lives with no home and little food. Hearing about how significant this housing plan was to this man's life, and what a difference it made, made me think about how great something like that here in Tucson would be. Or anywhere, really.
The public, I think, would be quite interested in hearing this story, and might look at the next homeless person they see in a new way, thinking more about who they are as people, just like them, capable of living a good life, rather than writing them off immediately as 'homeless people'.