Listen After months of intense community resistance, a local non-profit is moving forward on a cluster of micro homes for the homeless in Woodbine. It’s been a controversial project for the neighborhood, resulting in shouting matches at community meetings and a lawsuit to stop it. Ingrid McIntyre, the co-founder of the Nashville nonprofit behind the […]
Dramatic Growth in Number of Homeless Children
Tennessee outpaced the national average in terms of one ripple effect of the recession. From 2007 through 2010, the number of public school students known to be homeless increased by 74 percent. The national figure was 38 percent. Even so, Tennessee’s official count may be too low.
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