I follow the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on Twitter. He's (been) doing many things right. Londoners are so lucky to have him! Would love for him to run for PM.
There's other ways to combat the problem through indirect means, one of which is to curb hunger. This is another area where his efforts at particularly impressive, for instance now every child in London receives a free meal at school irrespective of income or family wealth. Amazing!
All for ending homelessness. Do you have any examples how smaller communities (10,000) have been able to address homelessness when faced with sudden influxes. The unrest in Peru has sent almost 1000 people to Blaine County ID, a community that previously had almost no homelessness. We could use some strategies. thx. boylehp@yahoo.com
Hi Perry, good to hear from you. I think the example of Medicine Hat in the newsletter is instructive as it only has a population of around 60,000. However, I think the additional challenge here is that the influx was also sudden (whereas most communities are dealing with longer term chronic issues).
Secondly, I think looking at this challenge from the refugee crisis lens (as I note in my caveats section) may also be helpful.
I follow the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on Twitter. He's (been) doing many things right. Londoners are so lucky to have him! Would love for him to run for PM.
Hey thanks - you are right, he's great.
He's done a lot for the homeless recently - including announcing funding for 800 new homes to house the unhoused (https://www.london.gov.uk/Mayor%20announces%20funding%20for%20up%20to%20800%20new%20homes%20for%20rough%20sleepers%20as%20major%20businesses%20join%20his%20homelessness%20campaign)
There's other ways to combat the problem through indirect means, one of which is to curb hunger. This is another area where his efforts at particularly impressive, for instance now every child in London receives a free meal at school irrespective of income or family wealth. Amazing!
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64677228
All for ending homelessness. Do you have any examples how smaller communities (10,000) have been able to address homelessness when faced with sudden influxes. The unrest in Peru has sent almost 1000 people to Blaine County ID, a community that previously had almost no homelessness. We could use some strategies. thx. boylehp@yahoo.com
Hi Perry, good to hear from you. I think the example of Medicine Hat in the newsletter is instructive as it only has a population of around 60,000. However, I think the additional challenge here is that the influx was also sudden (whereas most communities are dealing with longer term chronic issues).
Secondly, I think looking at this challenge from the refugee crisis lens (as I note in my caveats section) may also be helpful.
Happy to chat further!