The Emerging Face of Homelessness

by Mark Horvath · 2009-12-10 18:25:00 UTC
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As Detroit is wrecked by recession and economic difficulty, a new face of homelessness is emerging. You likely wouldn't identify Tami as being homeless should you pass her on the street, but her story says otherwise.

Luckily, her experience in a homeless shelter has been an unlikely one as well.

She's a mother of six who passed from family to hotels to her car and finally into a shelter. The shelter was the type of situation you'd unfortunately expect: rough. Soon, she connected with a house manager at Solid Ground. And within two hours, her entire family was accepted.

Now, Tami, through a shelter that felt like home and provided a healthy diet, is once again employed. Even better, she can now see the possibility of returning to school and securing a future for her children.

Tami shows us just a glimpse of the possibilities and hope we can offer to homeless families if we take the issue seriously.

Tami from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo.

Image from the author.

Mark Horvath is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com. He was formerly homeless in Hollywood.
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