Homelessness campaign holds third brainstorming session
A concerted drive to bring relief to the island’s homeless brought together members of its multidisciplinary team to grapple with the practical issues of getting shelter for the unsheltered. Denise Carey, the executive director of the charity Home, led members of the Plan to End Homelessness Advisory Panel and Steering Committee on the topic of […]
‘We should not be judgmental’ about homelessness – Dias
Homelessness is a social issue that “needs to be addressed by every person in Bermuda”, according to a member of a charity’s advisory board. Andrew Dias, the CEO of the Bermuda Land Development Company and general manager at the West End Development Corporation, joined the advisory board of the homelessness charity Home about 18 months […]
Rapid rehousing: the key to tackling homelessness
When a person or family fall into homelessness, time is of the essence. The damage accumulates with every day and night they have no place to call home. Their mental, physical and emotional health inevitably deteriorates, their prospects for securing employment or long-term accommodation diminish, while a lack of security raises the risk of physical […]
Homelessness ‘is not due to people being irresponsible’
The majority of homeless cases are because of a change in people’s circumstances and not “because they’ve been irresponsible”, according to former finance minister Curtis Dickinson. Mr Dickinson sits on the board of the charity Home, which supports people out of homelessness for good and works to prevent new cases of homelessness. It was founded […]
‘I went to his car and I could see clearly – yes, he lived in that car’
As the car drew up, David Thompson was not sure that the driver really qualified for the food handout his church had organised. He said: “You get people who stop by in a car, looking for a meal, and you kind of look at them and say, ‘well, hold on a minute, you can drive […]
‘Cultural shift needed in way we think about homelessness’
Bermuda Is Love has campaigned for and end to homelessness. Here the community action group explains why it thinks having a home is so important Question: Why should having a home be a human right? Answer: Recognising housing as a human right means recognising that everyone deserves to have a place to call home. To […]
Homelessness ‘happened so quick – yesterday everything was good’
After his mother died, Chris made what he called the “most costly mistake that I ever made in my life”. He had lost his job and decided to rent out the apartment left to him by his mother and move into a smaller place in order to have a little income. The tenants, he said, […]
‘People should have right to housing because it’s the right thing to do’
Talk to Denise Carey about homelessness and she brims with a passion — to end homelessness in Bermuda, permanently. Ms Carey is the director of the charity Home, which helps people to get out of homelessness. It also works to prevent new cases of homelessness with the aim of “ending it for everyone”. As such […]
‘Equality should be enshrined in solutions’
Home, a charity determined to end homelessness in Bermuda, is working with the Government, other agencies, charities, and the religious and wider local community to create a collaborative, single plan to try and eradicate homelessness. It has compiled a report, out for consultation, called Plan to End Homelessness. Here, some of its findings and suggested […]
Eleven words that speak volumes
In a document about homelessness that runs to almost 25,000 words, 11 sum up the problem. “There has been an historic absence of will towards ending homelessness”. Another 15 words in the Plan to End Homelessness report add: “Multiple decades of observing a consistent increase in the homeless population has created community fatigue.” Today, The […]
