by HomeOfEighT8 | Jan 13, 2014 | Advice, Featured Article, Resources
Earlier this year, a New York City woman–I’ll call her Mary–tried to leave her abusive husband. She contacted a shelter, but the shelter wouldn’t take pets. Nor would any other shelter in the city. Mary’s son said he couldn’t leave his three cats behind. And so, since...
by HomeOfEighT8 | Feb 24, 2011 | Resources
BRITISH COLUMBIA’S HOMELESS SUFFERED FROM SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES LONG BEFORE THEY LOST THEIR HOMES, A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND. And more than half of Vancouver’s homeless and mentally ill suffer from schizophrenia, according to preliminary data from...