Ending Homelessness: What is to Be Done
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<p><i>A Podcast Featuring Discussions with Academics, Activists, and Advocates.</i></p><p><i>It is hard to imagine today but there was a time in the not too distant past without so many people living in camps, on the streets, or in shelters. How did today's conditions of homelessness being largely accepted as "just the way things" are come to be? Why is it that despite the well-meaning helping efforts and hundreds of millions of dollars spent over the last four decades homelessness remains widespread? How has homelessness become as American as Apple Pie, Football, and Mass Shootings? And, of course, it is not just the US as homelessness has become a normal part of the social landscape of nations across the globe. Can we imagine and enact different policies and practices that might prevent and end homelessness? Vin Lyon-Callo has been asking these questions in his research, teaching, and activism for the last four decades. Through conversations and dialogue with activists, advocates, and academics, this podcast aims to explore how we got here and return our attention to the quest to end homelessness rather than simply manage people who are homeless or unhoused.</i></p>
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12/3/2025
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Recent Episodes
July 27, 2026
Constructing Affordable Housing and Community Today: Challenges and Possibilities
<p>Nick Khomsopa from Hudson Housing Lifestyle in the Hudson River Valley in New York joins the podcast to discuss the possibilities and challenges of constructing housing that is actually affordable for working people in the communities. What is needed to produce housing for teachers, municipal workers, firefighters, and young adults so that they can live, play, and work in security? Building upon his decades of work in the construction industry, Nick Khomsopa and Vin Lyon-Callo discuss the need for stacking public support with a developer's desire to contribute housing affordable for those at 60-80% of AMI.</p>
July 20, 2026
Boise, Idaho: Homelessness and Housing in a Boom Town
<p>Vanessa Fry from Boise State University joins the podcast this week to discuss the economic growth and population increase in Boise, Idaho, leading to housing affordability challenges and opportunities. Vin and Vanessa explore the impact of rising housing costs without similar increases in wages but also the possibilities fr stable housing's role in fostering democratic participation. Additionally, the discuss innovative housing solutions and possible approaches to addressing NIMBY concerns in housing projects. The conversation delves into the topics of eviction prevention, housing insecurities, and community-based housing solutions. It explores the efforts and strategies employed to address homelessness and prevent evictions, highlighting the importance of community-based support and housing first models. The discussion emphasizes the need for innovative and intentional approaches to housing challenges, with a focus on creating supportive and secure housing options for vulnerable populations and for fostering community and social connections so we can live well together.</p><p></p><p>Takeaways</p><ul><li>Boise's rapid population growth and economic success have led to increased housing costs and unaffordability.</li><li>Stable housing is integral to a decent democratic society, fostering civic participation and social connections.</li><li>Eviction prevention and preventing homelessness is both good policy and fiscally responsible</li><li>Community-based housing solutions and community connections are key.</li></ul><p></p>
July 13, 2026
Wages, Work, and Housing Insecurity: Discussion with Rob Robinson
<p>The conversation explores the impact of rising housing costs, the challenges of work, wages, and income, the decline of manufacturing jobs, the role of union jobs in achieving self-sufficiency, and the narrative of laziness among homeless individuals. It also explores the struggles of working individuals, the illusion of homeownership and wealth, the working homeless, and the lack of quality data for those living doubled up or in their autos or in motels. We discuss the low pay in 10 of the 12 most popular jobs in the US in 2026 and how every state has a shortage of affordable housing. Moving beyond a focus just on people who are homeless to begin to think and act as though the vast majority of us in the US are workers who are economically vulnerable and insecure. The discussion also emphasizes the importance of moving beyond individualized thinking and action towards thinking of we and how we collectively can live well together as well as the ideological and cultural challenges to doing so.</p><p></p>
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<p><i>A Podcast Featuring Discussions with Academics, Activists, and Advocates.</i></p><p><i>It is hard to imagine today but there was a time in the not too distant past without so many people living in camps, on the streets, or in shelters. How did today's conditions of homelessness being largely accepted as "just the way things" are come to be? Why is it that despite the well-meaning helping efforts and hundreds of millions of dollars spent over the last four decades homelessness remains widespread? How has homelessness become as American as Apple Pie, Football, and Mass Shootings? And, of course, it is not just the US as homelessness has become a normal part of the social landscape of nations across the globe. Can we imagine and enact different policies and practices that might prevent and end homelessness? Vin Lyon-Callo has been asking these questions in his research, teaching, and activism for the last four decades. Through conversations and dialogue with activists, advocates, and academics, this podcast aims to explore how we got here and return our attention to the quest to end homelessness rather than simply manage people who are homeless or unhoused.</i></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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