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.
This is especially true when wages do not keep up with rising rents.
What are the prevention efforts for families and individuals whom we often may not think about when we talk about homelessness prevention — like survivors of domestic violence?
You might remember former This Is Nashville guest Anita Smith. She’s an avid thrifter, poet, speaker, community advocate, and someone who’s experienced homelessness more than once. In fact, the last few years, she’s had a sort of a “stable” housing instability. In this feature (press play above), This Is Nashville managing editor Tasha A.F. Lemley dropped in on her friend during a pivotal transition.
You can hear the full episode this piece is part of and see links to all current episodes of In My Place here.
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