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Romneyville campers may struggle with finding a place to sleep after Republican convention listen
08/30/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Romneyville, RNC, Republican National Convention, poverty, homeless, homelessness
The Romneyville camp in downtown Tampa was set up as a place for both protesters and people without homes to sleep during the Republican National Convention. Now that the event is drawing to a close people are going to have to start finding other places to go.
Shortly after all of the delegates and journalists leave Tampa, Romneyville residents will have to pack up their tents and go somewhere else. The Poor People’s Economic and Human Rights Campaign leased the property where they’re st...
Be the first to commentAmid Republican convention's glamour, Tampa homeless move into abandonded house listen
08/27/12 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, homelessness, poverty, foreclosures, Tampa, Republican National Convention
In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the City of Tampa has spent a large amount of money sprucing up some of its finest neighborhoods in an attempt to bolster the city image to the international community. But not all of Tampa is lined with mansions, palm trees and newly paved roads, like its iconic waterfront along Bayshore Boulevard. Only a few blocks away from the city’s busy financial and nightlife districts lie unnoticed pockets of poverty which local activists point ou...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa to leave Voice of Freedom Park soon after Republican convention listen
08/02/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Voice of Freedom Park, RNC, Republican convention, homelessness, Joe Redner, Food Not Bombs
Occupy Tampa is winding down its use of a West Tampa park and appears to be agreeing to vacate it by September. The park’s owner, Joe Redner said Occupy Tampa will leave by September 15.
“I talked to them and they said “Sure we will be out of there by the 15th”. It’s not being used by anybody but the homeless people. There’s no Occupy down there.”
Eilzabeth Toms is member of Occupy Tampa and Food Not Bombs, two groups that use Voice of Freedom Park. She said she doesn’t speak for eithe...
Be the first to commentHillsborough community developing 10-year plan to prevent and end homelessness listen
07/27/12 Lisa KauffmanWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Occupy Tampa, Homeless, homelessness
This week the Homeless Coalition and the Corporation for Supportive Housing hosted a gathering of nonprofits and community members. Heather Lyons, the senior program manager with Supportive Housing, said there are options for businesses that want to hire people without homes.
Be the first to comment“We heard that there are some tax credits and incentives that are out there. One of the things that we might, that we heard, like, say if you get a thousand dollar...
City council member Bill Jonson and homeless advocate Sarah Snyder weigh in on Clearwater's new laws targeting the homeless
07/20/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Clearwater, Bill Jonson, homeless ordinances, Sarah Snyder, Pinellas County Homeless Leadership Board, homelessness
Good afternoon and welcome to Last Call, I'm Lisa Marzilli, joined by engineer Alvaro Montealegre. Today we’re going to talk about a set of laws unanimously approved by Clearwater city officials this week that specifically target the homeless. They range from tightening the city’s current ban on panhandling (adding more banned areas and replacing the current punishment of a fine with arr...
Be the first to commentSome West Tampa residents to Occupy Tampa: Clean up or get out listen
07/09/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, West Tampa, Joe Redner, homelessness
The neighborhood association around the Occupy Tampa encampment wants the group to go. People have been camping in Voice of Freedom Park since December. It’s privately owned which leaves the city and community without many options.
“What happened was, progressively more and more there was more trash and more tents that were junky looking.”
That was Mike Vannetta, president of the [Old West Tampa Neighborhood Association](http://www.hillsborough.communityatlas.usf.edu/general/?id=1205...
1 commentsMax Rameau A Radical Solution To Homelessness
06/14/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: homelessness, Max Rameau, Take Back the Land, eviction, re-occupation
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rb Lorei. Coming up today—homeless activists take matters in their own hands as they build homeless villages and occupy abandoned houses….But first two listener comments about yesterday’s program. tape
Our guest today is Max Rameau. Max Rameau is founder of Take Back the Land We'll be discussing his successes moving homeless families into foreclosed houses and preventing families whose houses have been foreclosed from being evicted. This is par...
Be the first to commentDuring NBA All-Star Weekend, Occupy Orlando activists call for civil rights and sharing listen
02/27/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Orlando, Occupy Wall Street, Orlando, Homelessness, NBA, tuition increase, foreclosures
Over the weekend, basketball fans were focused on Orlando, host of the NBA All-Star Game and associated festivities. But the group Occupy Orlando held their own, less flashy, celebration they called “All Share Weekend.” They billed it as a time for community, food, entertainment, art and education … all without the huge price tag of the All-Star Game. Activist Cat Duerr said the march was coordinated with the Florida Civil Rights Association.
Be the first to comment“At Occupy Orlando we’re here in solidarity. ...
Affordable / workforce housing in Tampa Bay
02/09/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sadowski Trust, Debra Koehler, Mark Hendrickson, Sage Partners, housing, Homelessness, affordable housing
Debra Koehler with Sage Partners was our main guest, speaking about affordable/workforce housing. Mark Hendrickson, former head of the state housing agency and now a private consultant called in from Tallahassee to discuss the Sadowski Trust, which are housing funds composed of local and state revenue from documentary-stamp taxes paid on property sales. While the recession has reduced those sales, and the need for new housing, the funds can still be used to repair and rehabilitate old apartm...
Be the first to commentPlan to end homelessness in Sarasota; What is it like to live in the Holy City of Bethlehem?
12/23/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday)
Tags: Richard Martin, Suncoast Partnership, Homelessness, Sarasota County, Dr. Mazin Qumsyiheh, PCR, Palestine, Israel, Bethlehem
Coming up today we’ll hear about a new plan to end homelessness in Sarasota. And we’ll also go to Bethlehem -- one of the holiest places in Christianity -— where we’ll talk about what the situation is like there just two days before Christmas.
But first a listener comment about yesterday’s interview with Iranian American scholar Trita Parsi about the prospects for war with Iran.
First up today — five years ago The National Coa...
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