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Street life, storage bins and one landlady’s resolve to pilot privately-funded ‘pod community’

read more…: Street life, storage bins and one landlady’s resolve to pilot privately-funded ‘pod community’

New Hampshire is in the midst of a housing crisis that extends beyond the shortage of market-rate units, past the working poor to include the state’s homeless population, a problem that has been accelerated by a lapse in statewide emergency housing funding and an increasing number of people being evicted after the COVID-19 eviction moratorium expired over the summer.

Enough is Enough with being out of touch

read more…: Enough is Enough with being out of touch

I don’t know Benjamin Horton or his intentions in writing his opinion piece [Enough is Enough for downtown Manchester July 23, 2020]. For all I know he had a similar upbringing to mine although I doubt that if he feels like walking in downtown Manchester is like “walking in a war zone.” What I do know is that none of what he recommends would actually solve any of the problems he described.

A homeless guy wanders into the woods, or, Frank has miles to go before he sleeps

read more…: A homeless guy wanders into the woods, or, Frank has miles to go before he sleeps

Maybe 10 yards into the tree line laying beside a fallen tree sat Frank – lost, tired and confused.  Frank, as I later learned his name to be, was, is, and likely will always be a homeless person.  Worse than homeless, Frank is also touched in the head, not quite all there.

Letters: It seems to me that what it comes down to is there is ‘us’ and there is ‘them’

read more…: Letters: It seems to me that what it comes down to is there is ‘us’ and there is ‘them’

 “Them” have the belongings they can carry, lack of treatment for health and addiction, no stability, and no money. “Us” doesn’t want to see “Them” clustering about as they try and conduct their business, or enjoy a night out.  “Them” are a reminder of what is wrong in Manchester, the state, and the country, and “Us” don’t want to see that. I get it.

Header photo by Stonewall Photography