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Homeless man turns haunting noises in his head into symphony

The Who’s lead guitarist has tried without success to recreate the heavenly sounds he first heard in his head as an 11-year-old on a River Thames boat ride.Unbeknown to the 68-year-old rock star, another man...

Illegal use of B&Bs to house homeless soars by 800%

The use of bed and breakfasts to house homeless families beyond the legal time limit has risen by 800% since the coalition took office – with a third of the country's councils unlawfully placing adults and ...

Sock Mob; Unique walking tours in London

Want to challenge your view of what it means to be a person living in London? Then come on our alternative walking tours and discover one of the world’s most vibrant and paradoxical cities as you’ve never...

Why 2013 will be a boom year for bailiffs and slum landlords

Britain keeps plunging further back in time as yet another plank of the welfare state is removed. This month we just slipped back 46 years, to before Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home shocked the nation on the plight...

Homeless campaigners squat council house

Birmingham Tenants & Homeless Action Group have occupied an abandoned council house with the intention of handing it over to a homeless person. They've contacted the council and demanded that they put the...

Romanian beggars set up camp in Park Lane, Mayfair, London

Romanian beggars evicted from Marble Arch in Mayfair, central London, have set up a new camp less then 50 yards away - in the central reservation of the busy Park Lane dual carriageway. A group of more than 50...

Help Support SFHomeless and James the Advocate May 2012 Goal

Hello!      My name is James Leonard, co-Founder of the original SFHomeless Yahoo group designed about six years ago to empower our SF homeless shelter residents, staff and policy makers;...

Families Downed by Foreclosures Living in Motels

About 1,000 families in Orange County, California have been living in motels, many of whom have been forced out of their homes after going into foreclosures. Local officials said it is possible these families...

UK Homelessness jumps by 14% in a year

The number of people officially classed as homeless in England has jumped by 14% – the biggest increase for nine years – as what charities have described as a "perfect storm" of rising repossession rates and ...

A world without Satan

My mother asked me today: what next? What if the Florida Judge takes my 'case against Satan' seriously and pursues it fervently to its logical conclusion: putting legal restrictions on the behavior of Satan here on Earth? What next? The first step in solving a problem /...

Foreclosure of Homeless Shelter Delayed Thanks to Bankruptcy Fili

" Foreclosure of a homeless shelter has been delayed, thanks to bankruptcy filing. The owner has fought off the auction at the last minute by resorting to this strategy. Judy Jones has been heading the Bread of Life Mission for a long time. She said, “We’re trying to...

Chet W. Sisk Marks 10th Year as Living Skills Coach to Homeless

Samaritan House—In the southwest corner of the first floor inside the Catholic Charities’ run shelter in Denver, residents trickle in as the 7:30 p.m. hour approaches. They come to hear Chet W. Sisk's soothing voice and to be part of his exuberant wellspring of positive...

Homelessness! An American Shame

Who ever thought that in this 21st century more of our citizens have lost their homes at a rate equal to that of the Great Depression of the 1930's. This dramatic rise in homelessness is attributed to many factors starting with the way our economy has shifted from being the...

Bush's Eugenics Society- 33 State Boards Sterilized Children

         Today, the offspring of these Bastard Eugenics groups (headed by George Bush, Sr.) are using new techinques to make it too expensive for poor people to have...

Haiti Mourns Earthquake Victims

I've been watching the news and they're still trying to recover what has happened. They're still finding people who's been hiding under blocks under a few days. They just found a 24 year old man not too long ago. I seen them pulling him out in a stretcher as he lay there...

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