Category: Unhoused
From the managing editor’s notebook: A snapshot of homelessness in Kalamazoo
NowKalamazoo’s Kristie May helped conduct a nighttime count of anyone sleeping outdoors within Kalamazoo County. Here’s what she learned.
Choosing homelessness – for now: Part 2 of 3
Jon Foster’s drive to get out and stay out – of jail and homelessness – is slowed down by the realities of trudging through an inefficient system.
Choosing homelessness – for now: Part 1 of 3
Finding himself at the bottom, Jon Foster documents his new start from here in Kalamazoo’s system for the unhoused.
What do the unhoused do in a system that doesn’t work well?
When Kalamazoo city officials broke up encampments, they told people to seek help at the Gospel Mission and Ministry With Community. From there, the search for assistance continues in a poorly organized system.
Pods for the homeless
Local group to invest in 50 pod shelters for unhoused people in Kalamazoo.
City leaders hear backlash over treatment of the unhoused
Kzoo residents are irate over the clearing of homeless encampments. City leaders say they had little choice.
Q&A: Deputy Kalamazoo City Manager Laura Lam
The Kalamazoo city official who runs point on the homelessness crisis discusses encampment policies, strategies, and the solutions they are hoping to implement.
Lacking a strategy, Kalamazoo houseless encampment closings only continue the cycle
City leaders say solution to encampment problems is on the horizon, but proposal is months away.
Video shows human rights advocate approached from behind, slammed to the ground by Kalamazoo police
Oct. 8 incident comes two days after city of Kalamazoo instructed police to physically remove 100+ unhoused people from year-and-a-half-old encampment.
Homeless advocates were not warned of decision to clear homeless encampment
Police forcibly removed people from the Ampersee encampment last week. Homeless advocates scrambled to help.
From the managing editor’s notebook: A snapshot of homelessness in Kalamazoo
NowKalamazoo’s Kristie May helped conduct a nighttime count of anyone sleeping outdoors within Kalamazoo County. Here’s what she learned.
Choosing homelessness – for now: Part 2 of 3
Jon Foster’s drive to get out and stay out – of jail and homelessness – is slowed down by the realities of trudging through an inefficient system.
Choosing homelessness – for now: Part 1 of 3
Finding himself at the bottom, Jon Foster documents his new start from here in Kalamazoo’s system for the unhoused.
What do the unhoused do in a system that doesn’t work well?
When Kalamazoo city officials broke up encampments, they told people to seek help at the Gospel Mission and Ministry With Community. From there, the search for assistance continues in a poorly organized system.
Pods for the homeless
Local group to invest in 50 pod shelters for unhoused people in Kalamazoo.
City leaders hear backlash over treatment of the unhoused
Kzoo residents are irate over the clearing of homeless encampments. City leaders say they had little choice.
Q&A: Deputy Kalamazoo City Manager Laura Lam
The Kalamazoo city official who runs point on the homelessness crisis discusses encampment policies, strategies, and the solutions they are hoping to implement.
Lacking a strategy, Kalamazoo houseless encampment closings only continue the cycle
City leaders say solution to encampment problems is on the horizon, but proposal is months away.
Video shows human rights advocate approached from behind, slammed to the ground by Kalamazoo police
Oct. 8 incident comes two days after city of Kalamazoo instructed police to physically remove 100+ unhoused people from year-and-a-half-old encampment.
Homeless advocates were not warned of decision to clear homeless encampment
Police forcibly removed people from the Ampersee encampment last week. Homeless advocates scrambled to help.
