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The cost to cure homelessness

"According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, it would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the United States. That...

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''To not have suffering recognized is an almost unbearable form of violence." unknown

Tamara Holmes

Apr 28
1 min

''To not have suffering recognized is an almost unbearable form of violence." unknown

Homelessness and human trafficking are an epidemic in this country, people know it and see it everyday, yet here we are and what is the...

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Tamara Holmes

Jan 13
2 min

the stats

Across the country, there are approximately 570,000 persons experiencing life with out any form of stable shelter. A viral tsunami is...

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Tamara Holmes

Sep 9, 2020
1 min

Watch for us we are making it happen

Our mission at Project not Homeless is straightforward and to the point: To create shelter and stability for the disenfranchised and...

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Tamara Holmes

Apr 22, 2020
5 min

The Covid-19 PARADOX

Recently I received an email from my father, one he received from an infections disease epidemiologist. Parts of the email stood out to...

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Tamara Holmes

Apr 7, 2020
1 min

A lost art form

Letter writing has been around much longer than any modern form of technology. Unfortunately, the depth of words has been lost in our...

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Tamara Holmes

Apr 2, 2020
1 min

Stay the course

During this great time of uncertainties, we find ourselves focus has been overtaken by COVID-19, a new word in our vocabulary and our...

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Tamara Holmes

Mar 11, 2020
2 min

Spread the Love it's worth it.

"When we go into a new location, a different situation, or a new community of people, we often experience anxiety. This natural anxiety...

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Tamara Holmes

Mar 4, 2020
2 min

Home is where the heart is.

Home, the center of life, where we can be ourselves, relax take our shoes off, escape the grind of work, the pressures of school and the...

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Tamara Holmes

Feb 20, 2020
2 min

Shamed

Homelessness is an epidemic that affects thousands of people in the United States, the majority being single adults. Stigma and shame are...

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Tamara Holmes

Feb 12, 2020
1 min

Every Picture has a story

Project Not Homeless was birthed out of a love for our fellow human beings in crisis. Those that deserve acknowledgment and basic human...

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Tamara Holmes

Jan 8, 2020
2 min

women and homelessness

For those involved in the seemingly endless battle to change the face of homelessness, knowing the statistics of 2019 in Los Angeles...

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Tamara Holmes

Jan 7, 2020
0 min

Something to think about.

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Tamara Holmes

Dec 11, 2019
3 min

The Beginning....

Early in my career working with the homeless, I gained a life long friend by the name of Johnathan. Uneducated, abandoned at the age of 8...

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