Housing First Podcast

Latest Episodes:

#HomelessUnited May 14, 2021

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Kara Birrell interviews Charles Purcell, a man who experienced homelessness for six years and now runs Homeless United - a movement that raises awareness of people experiencing homelessness and donates money to efforts that are helping eradicate this crisis.

#ECHOAustin Mar 28, 2021

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Kara Birrell interviews Matt Mollica - Executive Director of ECHO Austin.

#NYCHousingPolicy Mar 28, 2021

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Kara Birrell interviews Jacquelyn Simone - Senior Policy Analyst at NYC's Coalition For The Homeless.

#YouthHomelessness Mar 05, 2021

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Kara Birrell interviews Jonathan Thompson of The Good Seed - an organization in LA combating youth homelessness via supportive housing, job training, comprehensive services, and individual planning.

#FatherOfHousingFirst - Dr. Sam Tsemberis Mar 04, 2021

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Kara Birrell interviews Dr. Sam Tsemberis - the founder of the Housing First solution to end homelessness.

#EveryoneInLA Feb 24, 2021

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Tommy Newman, the Senior Director of Impact Initiatives at United Way of Greater Los Angeles, talks implementing the Housing First strategy in LA County, his organization's campaign "Everyone In", and how we need to place responsibility on systems and NOT on people trying to navigate the broken systems.

#HousingNotHandcuffs Feb 24, 2021

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Interview with Donald Whitehead Jr. where he explains the role systemic racism plays in homelessness, debunks myths and common misconceptions, explains what needs to be done to eradicate it, and talks about what his organization is doing to fight to end this crisis.

Donald is the Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, an organization based in Washington D.C. working to end homelessness.

Trailer Feb 06, 2021

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Kara Birrell describes what the podcast will be about in this trailer episode of the "Housing First Podcast".