Monthly Archives: January 2011
Boot Camp Kick Off Interview
Invisiblepeopletv’s Mark Horvath interviews Dennis Plummer (Metropolitan Homelessness Project) and Becky Kanis (100,000 Homes). The two were speaking with representatives from seven cities around the country. Albuquerque was host city to the na...
To All Of Our Volunteers,
Dear Volunteers, Doors open this Sunday at 12:30 at the Convention Center. Training will begin at 1 PM. If you have registered to be an interviewer (either AM or PM), you will be in the Pecos-Mesilla Room. If you have … Continue reading &r...;
MHP Op-Ed: New Initiative for Ending Homelessness Is Needed
By Daniel J. Macke and The Rev. Trey Hammond On behalf of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Homelessness Project, we commend Mayor Richard Berry’s new initiative, Albuquerque Heading Home, as an innovative way of helping those who experience h...
Supportive Housing Coalition Op-Ed: City’s Homeless Proposal Based on a Proven Model
By Mark Allison Executive Director, Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico While this country has been building emergency shelters for 30 years, we have made no progress reducing homelessness. We now need to focus our efforts and scarce resources...
ABQ Journal Supports Albuquerque Heading Home
Plan Provides Homeless With Roofs, Not Fences It’s based on programs that have worked in Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City and Philadephia. It is voluntary. It provides the stability of a safe place to stay … C...
Video Presentation of ABQ Heading Home
ABQ Heading Home Presentation on YouTube by Metropolitan Homelessness Project. Continue reading →...
NPR’s yearlong look at homelessness
Follow National Public Radio’s exploration of Housing First and homeless issues....
Million Dollar Murray
Murray Barr was a bear of a man, an ex-marine, six feet tall and heavyset, and when he fell down—which he did nearly every day—it could take two or three grown men to pick him up. He had straight black hair and olive skin. On the street, they cal...
First, a Roof
alibi News/Opinion V.20 No.2 | January 13 - 19, 2011 By Marisa Demarco Mayor Richard Berry says homelessness is one of the most difficult challenges he’s come across during his time in City Hall. “There are issues you look at as &h...;