From a young age, Colby Keegan said he hoped to “affect positive change.” He was homeless when he died of an overdose at the age of 23. His mother, Lisa Wysocky, founded Colby’s Army in his honor.
In My Place, Episode 18: Losing home again
Welcome back to In My Place — a series about finding, and losing, home in a growing Nashville. This season, we’re getting to walk through the specific steps from homelessness to housing with people who have done it. In our last 8 episodes, we’ve talked about everything from connecting with services for the very first […]
In My Place, Episode 16: We’re homeward bound!
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. In our last episode, we heard about how last-minute hurdles can stand in the way of an apartment. Today, we’re […]
In My Place, Episode 13: The Waiting Period
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.
In My Place, Episode 12: Paper Cuts
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.
In My Place, Episode 10: The Connection
Today, we kick off the second season of In My Place by exploring what happens when providers first approach people who experience homelessness.
In My Place, Episode 9: Solutions
Over the course of our nine-part series, we’ve explored the interconnectedness of housing and homelessness. Today, on the last episode of In My Place, we summarize and ask our guests “next step” questions.
In My Place, Episode 7: Permanent supportive housing
It’s clear that housing ends homelessness. Today, we look at what’s necessary for communities and developers to build permanent supportive housing and make it work.
In My Place, Episode 6: Hidden homelessness
When people think about homelessness, they usually think of the people they see holding up a sign on a street corner, sleeping on a park bench, or asking for money outside of a store.
‘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.
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