There is a movement in society to change the term homeless to houseless. Reasoning moves along the line of removing the stigma the word homeless may cast on those who are experiencing the dilemma of not having a house to live in.

We’ve had the unique opportunity to work with these communities and talk to their un-housed, community leaders, and service providers to identify where the gaps in services are and to help them create a roadmap to follow forward.

Homelessness is like falling into a well. It doesn’t matter how one falls into a well. It could be due to their own bad choices, it can be someone pushed them in, it may be from an economical landslide or a health catastrophe. Alan Graham of Mobile Loaves and Fishes calls homelessness is the result of a “profound, catastrophic loss of family.”