Is there really an issue of homelessness in New Hampshire? Like...everywhere in New Hampshire?

Yes, yes there is. Liz is joined by Erica Diamond and Lauren Bombardier from Families In Transition to talk about homelessness, which is affecting so many of our community members. 

Erica and Lauren explain to Liz that homelessness is a result of a lack of affordable housing and a lack of social support systems. Liz identifies one acronym correctly.

This episode pairs well with the episode Where have all the (affordable) houses gone? with Nick Taylor

Are you or someone you know homeless or experiencing a housing crisis?

To learn about available social services within your community, including housing and shelter resources, call 2-1-1 or contact your local city or town welfare office. 

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Links:

• Families in Transition
• Waypoint New Hampshire: Homeless Youth & Young Adult Department
• New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• NH has taken a ‘housing first’ approach to homelessness. A new executive order could change that. (NHPR)
• City prepares to clear, clean longstanding encampments in Healy Park (Concord Monitor)
• Funding for Manchester homeless shelter set to expire next month (WMUR)
• Trump's purge of Washington's homeless encampments escalates (NHPR)
• In Manchester, an urgent call to address NH's rising youth homelessness: ‘See our faces.’ (NHPR)
• NH Homeless Data Hub (NH DHHS)

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