A homeless woman describes why the streets can be addictive—the freedom, the community, and even the lawlessness. She estimates that about 40% of the homeless population chooses this lifestyle. That reality runs headlong into the popular narrative that “housing ends homelessness.” Housing ends homelessness for people who want off the streets—nothing more, nothing less.#Homeless | Truth on the streets

This is the problem with how homelessness is covered. Too often, homeless people are talked about like an issue to manage instead of people with lives, feelings, and dignity. As Robert Davis says here, mainstream media will write deep profiles about people in power, but forget that their homeless neighbor has the same wants, needs, and humanity. At Invisible People, we put the human first because that’s how minds actually change. 📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or

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This is the largest homeless camp in Washington State—and no, this is not Seattle. This is Olympia, Washington, which also holds the grim distinction of having the highest per capita homelessness rate in the state. A significant percentage of Olympia’s unhoused population is concentrated in this massive park. Given that reality, why hasn’t the city immediately designated the entire area as a sanctioned emergency encampment and deployed intensive wraparound services? I spent the day inside the ca