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.
From midnight movie outings to delivering supplies to the unhoused: One bus rider’s hopes for Nashville transit
WPLN is tagging along with some of Nashville’s bus riders. Today, hear from an outspoken transit advocate who is thinking about what transit improvements could mean for him and his fellow users.
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.
‘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 […]
Nashville homelessness down slightly in latest annual count
Slightly fewer Nashvillians were found living without permanent housing this year during an annual volunteer-led counting effort.
In My Place, Episode 3: Housing Strategies
In part three of our housing series, In My Place, we continue our discussion on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused.
In My Place, Episode 2: Housing First
In part two of our housing series, In My Place, we continue our discussion on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused.
Nashville humanitarian and founder of Room In The Inn Charles Strobel dies at 80 years old
It was a cold winter night in 1985 when Father Charles Strobel invited the unhoused people sleeping in the church parking lot inside his parish. That act was the seed that one of Nashville’s most well-known shelters — Room In The Inn — grew from.
‘It’s hard for everybody out here’: Unhoused Nashvillians are struggling to stay cool in intense summer heat
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.
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