Homelessness in Albuquerque – video update

We have been following Albuquerque’s homeless story for quite a while. This video update was recently featured at the City of Albuquerque’s state of the city speech. Robert Nelson at Metropolitan Homelessness Projected shared this update with us: “Greetings! I just wanted to write and share a new video that the city produced for the … Continue reading “Homelessness in Albuquerque – video update”

Homelessness in ABQ update

The Albuquerque Journal has an update on the homeless survey that was performed earlier this year. As you may remember, I participated in the survey earlier this year, and was dumbstruck by the stories the individuals I met shared. Although the focus on the article is about one individual who has made it into housing, … Continue reading “Homelessness in ABQ update”

First responses from 2011 Census of homeless – in ABQ they are finding housing.

An update from our from the Albuquerque Heading Home homeless survey we helped with earlier this year. This article at 100k homes indicates that the first 15 homeless people from that survey have found housing – kudos to the Mayor and the folks at Albuquerque Heading Home for making this happen!

Homeless survey in Albuquerque – Day 1

This morning starting at 4am, hundreds of volunteers, including Mayor Barry and his wife, scoured the city looking to survey the homeless and put a face with the statistics of being without a home. As part of the 100khomes project, Albuquerque has created ABQheadinghome or Twitter KRQE ran a full story this morning which can … Continue reading “Homeless survey in Albuquerque – Day 1”