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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 9d

Happy Monday… from Skid Row

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 10d

3,000 Homeless Youth in LA: How to Solve It youtu.be/6kRt6GBdy9g

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 14d

“I Am Not Going to Die in My Tent” — Traci Is No Longer Homeless youtu.be/sZQLMnF_y8k

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 16d

From a tent… to a home. Our new documentary follows a 66-year-old woman’s journey out of homelessness. It drops this week. It’s raw. It’s real. And yes—I cried. Twice.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 20d

And here’s the part we can’t ignore: this didn’t come out of nowhere. The executive order is just the exclamation point on something that’s been building for years. Anyone who hasn’t seen it hasn’t been out on the streets and hasn’t felt the pulse of communities.

From youtu.be/W3CJ8odlh8g

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 21d

This is how we solve homelessness

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · 25d

Homeless Hunger Games: Shelters, Soundbites, and a Sector at Breaking Point youtu.be/W3CJ8odlh8g?...  📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Sep 8

Vietnam veterans often had more time before falling into homelessness. Today’s veterans are slipping into homelessness much faster — and the reasons reveal how much our world has changed.  📺 Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Sep 5

🚨 NEW POD DROP 🚨 Why Veteran Homelessness Fell — And Latino Homelessness Increased youtu.be/FHU5qziWCMo?...

📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.

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Inner City Law Center @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social · Aug 27

One man stood up to #homeless sweeps—and won.

Inner City Law Center is proud to stand with our #unhoused neighbors as they fight for the #housingjustice and the dignity they deserve.

Read more by Stephen Oduntan at @invisiblepeople.tv invisiblepeople.tv/how-one-man-...

How One Man Beat Caltrans In Small Claims Court

When Caltrans destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, Patrick Hogan took them to small claims court—and won.

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jacquieburbank.bsky.social @jacquieburbank.bsky.social · Aug 27

Last week I was able to sit down with Stephen Oduntan of @invisiblepeople.tv and discuss what Patrick Hogan’s case might mean for homeless sweeps in California. #servicesnotsweeps

Inner City Law Center @innercitylawcenter.bsky.social · Aug 27

One man stood up to #homeless sweeps—and won.

Inner City Law Center is proud to stand with our #unhoused neighbors as they fight for the #housingjustice and the dignity they deserve.

Read more by Stephen Oduntan at @invisiblepeople.tv invisiblepeople.tv/how-one-man-...

How One Man Beat Caltrans In Small Claims Court

When Caltrans destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, Patrick Hogan took them to small claims court—and won.

invisiblepeople.tv

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Aug 28

“What does it take for someone to thrive?” ~ Deb DeSantis from CSH

📺 WATCH on YouTube or 🎧 LISTEN wherever you get your podcasts to learn what every city should be doing to solve homelessness. This is an episode you can’t afford to miss!

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Aug 26

🚨 NEW POD DROP 🚨 Inside CSH: Creating Housing Solutions That Help People Thrive youtu.be/KO8zNeFHWLc?...

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Aug 23

When you ask people experiencing homelessness what they need, the answers are always the same. 
Somewhere to live.
Someone to love.
Something to do.  
That’s not just what solves homelessness, it’s what everyone needs.  📺 Watch on YouTube or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Aug 19

The Screwed Scale: Why We’re at 9.7 Out of 10 youtu.be/HQNBXmVlgHw?...

📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Aug 9

🚨 NEW POD DROP 🚨 Rural Homelessness Ground Zero: Inside West Virginia’s Hidden Crisis youtu.be/ibSkEZ-oInM?...

🎧 also available on audio wherever you get your pods

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Jul 25

Urging everyone to watch and *share* this powerful video from @invisiblepeople.tv. Criminalization of homelessness does not work.

Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 20

Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live.
youtu.be/yZg14Ln3hGw

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 23

Why are Black people so overrepresented in homelessness, and what can be done about it?

📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 20

Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live.
youtu.be/yZg14Ln3hGw

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 19

Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live. youtu.be/yZg14Ln3hGw?... The Safer Kentucky Act Is Making Homelessness Worse. Across America, new laws are punishing homeless people simply for existing. The Safer Kentucky Act makes it illegal to sit, lie down, or carry something as basic as a blanket.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 12

Do people have the right to be homeless in public spaces? It’s a tough conversation, but here’s the truth: when we shift the argument from a right to housing to a right to homelessness, we lose public support.

Watch on our YouTube channel or listen wherever you get your audio podcasts

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 15

Housing First Didn’t Fail. We Did. youtu.be/Xrpi8_mbt0I?...

Housing First didn’t fail — it was never fully funded. Marcy Thompson, Vice President of Programs and Policy at the National Alliance to End Homelessness, joins me to break down the truth behind the headlines.

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 12

Do people have the right to be homeless in public spaces? It’s a tough conversation, but here’s the truth: when we shift the argument from a right to housing to a right to homelessness, we lose public support.

Watch on our YouTube channel or listen wherever you get your audio podcasts

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jun 28

Homelessness isn’t just an urban issue. It’s happening in small towns across Canada and the U.S., but you won’t see it on the streets the same way.

📺 Watch now on Invisible People’s YouTube channel 🎧 Or listen wherever you get your podcasts

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Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jun 27

A new documentary reveals how Kentucky’s Safer Kentucky Act traps homeless people in a costly cycle of citations, court, and jail — making homelessness worse, not better. Coming soon.

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