Welcome back to our second season of In My Place. This special series educates listeners on what communities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness — while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused.
Three years after making camping a felony, Tennessee lawmakers add more homelessness penalties
In 2022, Tennessee became the first state to make camping on public land a felony crime. A slate of new legislation will further impact people without stable housing.
100-plus cities in the U.S. banned homeless camping this year. But will it work?
The burst of new laws follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling and reflects public frustration with record-high homelessness. But advocates say fines and jail time will only make the problem worse.
‘I don’t need to go any further’: One woman finds herself home
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.
In My Place, Episode 5: Upstream homelessness prevention
Homelessness has significantly increased over the past two years nationally — and locally. Many cities, including Nashville, are examining what Upstream Homelessness Prevention looks like. In today’s episode, we look at a homelessness prevention model in Santa Clara County and explore what Nashville is doing about early intervention initiatives to keep families and individuals in […]
Gimme Shelter — in Madison!
When we think about our unhoused community, Nashville is no longer just Nashville.
Remembering Charlie Strobel, Room In the Inn founder and homeless advocate
Few people make the kind of impact on a city that Charlie Strobel did. Today, we remember the life and legacy of the founder of the Room In the Inn.
From homelessness to permanent housing
In this episode, we check in with Tammy, an unhoused woman who was applying for housing assistance when we first met her in March. We’ll also explore what resources are available to Nashvillians in need for permanent housing and hear from one guest about how homelessness is solvable.
Finding safe shelter for LGBTQ youth
A 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found that 28% of LGBTQ youth experienced homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives — even though they represent less than 10% of the population. So what is being done to help LGBTQ youth find a safe place to sleep for the night in Nashville?
Some unhoused people avoid shelters when temps drop — and one street chaplain delivers propane to help keep them alive
When Rev. Lisa Cook worked a corporate job downtown, she’d leave work and pass people sleeping on the streets. She says she was afraid, though she never talked to them. Now, the street chaplain says, she’s making up for lost time.
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