Foreclosed Homes Offer an Alternative for Homeless Families
As foreclosure rates across the nation skyrocket to record breaking levels, the image of a boarded up home or long vacant driveway are slowly become part of the American landscape. This morning we were inspired by our partners The New York Times to focus on two organizations who are fighting to change that portrait while addressing another pressing national concern: increasing homelessness.
Joining The Takeaway to explain their fights are Max Rameau, who is part of the grass roots organization Take Back the Land that places homeless families in foreclosed homes, and Brian Davis, executive director for the North East Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, who hopes to find the funding to start a similar project in Cleveland that will allow his agency to buy up foreclosed homes and turn them into new starts for homeless families. Also joining the discussion is Michael Stoops, executive director for the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington, D.C.
The story you just read is accessible and free to all because thousands of listeners and readers contribute to our nonprofit newsroom. We go deep to bring you the human-centered international reporting that you know you can trust. To do this work and to do it well, we rely on the support of our listeners. If you appreciated our coverage this year, if there was a story that made you pause or a song that moved you, would you consider making a gift to sustain our work through 2024 and beyond?