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Bramson: Punishment won’t help the unhoused
It’s a simple truth: everyone needs a safe place to sleep. But instead of working to make that a reality,…
Keeping at-risk residents from losing their housing will be a key to solving homelessness
Preventing homelessness is a crucial piece of the puzzle for solving this problem in Los Angeles. It is easier and…
Bramson: What we get when we count homelessness
If you ask the feds, homelessness is the worst it has ever been. In December, the U.S. Department of Housing…
Homeless Advocacy Board educates, learns at Lived Experience Leadership Conference (opinion)
Dave Anctil dreamed of seeing the California Redwoods, and was on his way to do just that, using the money…
Bramson: Setting the table
Last month, Destination: Home and the National Coalition for the Homeless co-hosted a lived experience leadership conference in San Jose….
Power Sharing to End Homelessness
Our national homelessness crisis is the result of entrenched systemic failures that have deep impacts across our society. Yet, in…
Bramson: Shifting the narrative doesn’t solve homelessness
In his 2019 State of the State address, Gov. Gavin Newsom forcefully proclaimed that “housing ends homelessness.” With a history…
Bramson: How we’ve discarded the right to belong
Vagrancy laws have been around since the founding of our country. A set of unclear and often confounding principles, these…
Bramson: Budget cuts that leave scars
I often wonder why funding for building affordable housing seems like the first thing to go when budgets get tight….