by Michael Block | Feb 3, 2026 | Housing Focused Shelter
How emergency rooms help us understand the role of homeless shelters | “So long as bad luck exists – and it always will – we will need shelters for the unhoused to meet their immediate needs.” | I was thinking about our work the other...
by Kurt Firnhaber | Oct 15, 2025 | Housing Focused Shelter
The Key Ingredient in Fighting Homelessness | “…without the burning souls to drive the work, the good ideas will remain just that.” It’s a lot. The system, the approaches, the services, the financing, the grants, the vouchers, the behavioral health, the...
by Spencer Downing | Aug 15, 2025 | Housing Focused Shelter
A Year of All-Day Welcome | “More than 115 people who came in during the day resolved their homelessness…” | The All Roads Shelter has been open to the public every weekday for a little over a year. For many shelters, that’s hardly news; for...
by Michael Block | Feb 2, 2025 | Housing Focused Shelter
“It’s Complicated” | Is Homelessness Inherently “Complicated” Like Everyone Says? | In the effort to understand the problem of homelessness more clearly and find solutions that are effective, stripping away my assumptions and preconceptions...
