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.
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.
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