Homelessness is often the result of a culmination of several events in a person’s life. As we have heard throughout This Is Nashville‘s housing series, In My Place, people can quickly struggle to maintain stable housing when a financial, medical or personal crisis hits.
Tasha A.F. Lemley, Managing Editor, This Is Nashville
Tasha A. F. Lemley has lived in Nashville for a bit more than 20 years. Over that time, she married her best friend, found the perfect dog, and has seen this city from the perspective of a graphic designer, outreach worker, podcaster, photographer, legal videographer, and social entrepreneur who co-founded The Contributor street newspaper. She has a fierce enthusiasm for culture and diversity, has tried every Indian restaurant within 50 miles, makes a mean masala chai, and (as a 40-something-year-old student in a class of 1st-graders) is a proud graduate of Hindi Level 1 at Sri Ganesha Temple. Years ago, Tasha first started getting formally involved with WPLN as a field producer for Versify. Since then, she’s been reporting feature stories highlighting marginalized communities. Audio is what makes her tick, keeps her going, and normalizes her frequent fears. She says her life has changed more than once because of the way someone tells their story. She's always looking for answers — ones we have for each other and those we can find together. So, as Managing Editor for This Is Nashville, she's grateful to help voices be heard.
Two women experience setbacks on the long road to housing
Listen to the stories of two women experiencing homelessness and working to get housing.
Cambodian cuisine creates a connection to culture
Sarong Vit-Kory was born in a refugee camp in Thailand in the early 1980’s and then immigrated to the United States. In recent years, she’s begun to explore and appreciate her Cambodian heritage, in part, through learning to cook traditional cuisine
Chef Sterling Wright’s Radical Hospitality in Action
As Nashville closes encampments, residents are finding themselves in temporary transitional housing for far longer than expected.
Madisonians try to find home in their hometown
As Nashville closes encampments, residents are finding themselves in temporary transitional housing for far longer than expected.
A former motel in South Nashville has become essential for people leaving encampments. There’s tension over the conditions there.
As Nashville closes encampments, residents are finding themselves in temporary transitional housing for far longer than expected.
Outreach workers are talking with encampment residents as Nashville prepares to offer more transitional housing
In Phase 1, more than 100 people were moved — primarily into transitional housing.
A Nashville woman’s story shows the challenge of moving from homelessness to a permanent home
After a year, Tammy still lives in a “transitional” motel room in South Nashville. “I’m lost,” she says, “and I don’t know where to look.”
As Nashville closes encampment, it’s a new era for Brookmeade Park and a major adjustment for residents
For the first time in many years, Brookmeade Park is no longer home to a tent encampment. Renovations are expected.
As Nashville closes encampments, nonprofits are coordinating ‘gap’ housing options
Newly posted signs at Brookmeade Park in West Nashville declare Jan. 4 is the closing date when renovations will begin. That’s the deadline for people living there to find somewhere else to go.
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