Give Me Shelter

In this episode we will explore what shelter options work and why.

In this episode I interview outreach worker Joe Bracket on the realities of living unsheltered.

This episode is a collection of things I have learned about homelessness. Topics range from mental illness, substance use, timely interventions and the impact of losing hope.

This episode explores the concept of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and it's relationship to the hardships and challenges facing our unhoused neighbors. We discuss two case studies and explore the benefits and shortcomings of the Housing First strategy.

This episode explores how we think, feel and understand our national homeless crisis.  We explore how bias, knowledge gaps, and our emotions either inform our understanding of the problem or corrupt our ability to consider effective and progressive solutions.

This episode explores how changes in the US housing market have impacted our current national homeless crisis.  We explore challenges to obtaining affordable housing, what affordable housing means, current incentives and levers to creating sufficient housing supply, and progressive solutions to curb the growing problem of homelessness.

Every day we see more tents under bridges, more families living out of their cars. While the problems seem insurmountable, the solutions are simpler than you think.

We share the real stories and the real solutions of homelessness… what works, what doesn’t, and how communities like ours can do better. 

I’m Baron King, and this is… Give Me Shelter.