Summer has only just begun, and Nashville already experienced a dangerous heat wave that has left outreach groups concerned about how the high temperatures are impacting the city’s unhoused population.
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.”
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.
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.
Tennessee homelessness spiking compared to pre-pandemic count
One unknown in Tennessee during the pandemic has been how the state’s homeless population has changed — but new figures out Tuesday show a substantial rise since 2020.
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.
Metro will close Brookmeade encampment, allotting 5 weeks to find housing for residents
Metro is offering help to find housing, with a goal of moving everyone by Christmas. That timeline is faster than some advocates and outreach workers had originally anticipated.
The fatal police shooting of a man named Chief may deepen the divide between the city and Nashvillians struggling with homelessness
A man named Drandon John Brown was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Among homeless outreach workers and friends, Brown was known as “Chief.” They say he was a veteran and a leader among the residents of the Brookmeade Park homeless encampment — though he often struggled with his mental health.
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