It's a busy week on We the Unhoused -- Theo travels between California and Michigan to take a closer look at the intersecting struggles of the unhoused and the housing-insecure.

First, we speak with journalist Phoenix Tso of LA Public Press and Alejandro Gutierrez of the Hillside Villa Tenant Association on the current struggle to keep longtime residents housed in the face of brutal landlord rent hikes and complicity within the city government.

Then, we head to Michigan, where Theo speaks to Tyree Guyton of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, where we discuss how art and political education intersect with the liberation of the unhoused people.

Over on Unhoused News, Theo continues to cover the developing horrors of the Grant's Pass Supreme Court decision, and discusses the current brutal heat wave across LA.

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Theo concludes the We the Unhoused trip to the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in July, and reflects on the conference's urgency on the heels of the Grant's Pass Supreme Court decision.

He speaks with three interviewees, who share how they've turned their lived experience with being unhoused into advocacy for others -- Curtis Howard, Rachel Parker, and Tawanna Simpson share the state of advocacy from across the country.

Plus: California governor Gavin Newsom and San Francisco mayor London Breed begin the slow process of using Grant's Pass to punish local unhoused residents and destroy encampments in our Unhoused News Segment.

Learn more about the NAEH conference here:

https://endhomelessness.org/events/conferences/2024-national-conference-on-ending-homelessness-and-capitol-hill-day/

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Theo's adventures in Washington continue this week, with two more interviews from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in July. First, Albert Townsend, the Director of Lived Experience at the Alliance, shares his story; then, Theo attends the "Lessons Learned from the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program" talk and speaks with Tatiana Reis and Lenn Dittmeier.

Learn more about YHDP here:

https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/yhdp/

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https://endhomelessness.org/who-we-are/our-people/

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