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Homelessness

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Why Stop at Stadiums? Four More Tax-Funded Buildings That Could House the Homeless

    ​With the newfound revelation of a state law requiring tax-funded stadiums to house homeless citizens when not in use, just about everyone is thinking the same thing: "LOL WTF?" Team owners have long striven to ignore this obscure law (when they're not tied up counting their white cotton sacs of m ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    Food Not Bombs fights to give away food in parks

    ​With the newfound revelation of a state law requiring tax-funded stadiums to house homeless citizens when not in use, just about everyone is thinking the same thing: "LOL WTF?" Team owners have long striven to ignore this obscure law (when they're not tied up counting their white cotton sacs of m ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Stephen P. Clark Government Center installs spikes to ward off the homeless

    ​With the newfound revelation of a state law requiring tax-funded stadiums to house homeless citizens when not in use, just about everyone is thinking the same thing: "LOL WTF?" Team owners have long striven to ignore this obscure law (when they're not tied up counting their white cotton sacs of m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Downtown Government Center Gets New Hobo Spikes

    Since the beginning of time -- or at least the Reagan era -- the courtyard of downtown Miami's Stephen P. Clark Government Center has been a hot spot for Schlitz-addled homeless dudes, toothless bag ladies who will gum your shoulder if you get too close, and Bible-waving Old Testament screamers who ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2011

    Controversial Miami activist Max Rameau leaves town

    Since the beginning of time -- or at least the Reagan era -- the courtyard of downtown Miami's Stephen P. Clark Government Center has been a hot spot for Schlitz-addled homeless dudes, toothless bag ladies who will gum your shoulder if you get too close, and Bible-waving Old Testament screamers who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Listen Up Gov. Rick Scott: On Food Stamps? No Fast Food For You!

    ​I don't think everyone on public assistance is a lazy bum, but I'm happy about the welfare drug-testing bill (the only move Rick Scott has made that I approve of). More importantly, I don't think food stamps should be used to buy fast food. So far, California, Michigan, and Arizona allow the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    South Florida Homeless Men Viciously Beaten For Cash In Fetish Video Ring, Lawsuit Says

    via Shefights.netTampa homeless advocate G.W. Rolle had a mystery on his hands. For months he'd noticed homeless men wandering around a local park with black eyes, busted lips and bad limps. Finally, he got one man to open up: For $50, he said, a local fetish website had been paying the men to endur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Enrique Santos Launches Search for Miami's Homeless "Golden Voice"

    ​The story of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice, is probably a one in a billion type thing, but Miami's number one shock jock Enrique Santos is hoping that lightning strikes twice as he searches for the city's own honey-throated homeless person. We'd make some remark about explo ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Downtown Miami's no-panhandling zone displaces homeless

    ​The story of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice, is probably a one in a billion type thing, but Miami's number one shock jock Enrique Santos is hoping that lightning strikes twice as he searches for the city's own honey-throated homeless person. We'd make some remark about explo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Downtown's No-Panhandling Zone is SB1070 For Miami's Homeless

    Marc Sarnoff, the Miami Heat's handy rubber-stamper.​Last week, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously to expand a controversial "no-panhandling zone" surrounding the American Airlines Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center. "This isn't a homeless issue," Commissioner Marc Sarnoff told Rip ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    LeBron jerseys for Miami's homeless, courtesy of New Times

    Marc Sarnoff, the Miami Heat's handy rubber-stamper.​Last week, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously to expand a controversial "no-panhandling zone" surrounding the American Airlines Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center. "This isn't a homeless issue," Commissioner Marc Sarnoff told Rip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    LeBron's Jerseys & The Ground Zero Mosque: Solutions

    A group of Ohioans have offered to send LeBron James' former Cavaliers jerseys to the homeless of Miami, a purportedly generous gesture to help clothe poor folks. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has offered to build a mosque and Islamic cultural center in the proximity of Ground Zero, a purportedly generous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Julia Tuttle Bum Daniel Zajac Claims City of Miami Stole his Shit

    This guy is not Daniel Zajac. He is, however, an angry homeless man.​Daniel Zajac really hates sex offenders -- but not for the usual reasons. No, he loathes the gropey pervs because they foiled his swell digs: "They totally ruined everything." Zajac is a shelter-averse homeless man who star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Exclusive: Brickell Developer Unloads Empty Condos on Julia Tuttle Sex Offenders

    A local condo developer and a homeless advocacy group are nearing a landmark deal to house the remaining sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.ICON Brickell​The offenders would be housed at Brickell high-rises that have been all b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    We Give More than $40 Million to Panhandlers Each Year

    via Don't Kill the Mockingbird!So Miamians hand out more than $40 million a year to homeless people, according to a Zogby International poll (via NBCMiami), and that's just a rough estimate. We're guessing that if you add handouts from tourists, the homeless are raking in a bunch more. According to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Rev Pedro Martinez Leads HOPE in Miami Beach, Feeds Homeless

    Rev Pedro Martinez Founder and President of H.O.P.E. in Miami Beach Ever wondered why there aren't more social events for homeless people? You know, like places where they can congregate, have a good meal, get some dental care, a new i.d. card, an AIDS test, and just hang out as an invited guest?Rev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Crazy Homeless Guy With A Rock Gets the Drop on Miami PD

    Rev Pedro Martinez Founder and President of H.O.P.E. in Miami Beach Ever wondered why there aren't more social events for homeless people? You know, like places where they can congregate, have a good meal, get some dental care, a new i.d. card, an AIDS test, and just hang out as an invited guest?Rev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Bill O'Reilly: Vets Don't Live Under Bridges. Right?

    Rev Pedro Martinez Founder and President of H.O.P.E. in Miami Beach Ever wondered why there aren't more social events for homeless people? You know, like places where they can congregate, have a good meal, get some dental care, a new i.d. card, an AIDS test, and just hang out as an invited guest?Rev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Fran Rollason: Say "No!" to the Upper Eastside's Homeless

    Rev Pedro Martinez Founder and President of H.O.P.E. in Miami Beach Ever wondered why there aren't more social events for homeless people? You know, like places where they can congregate, have a good meal, get some dental care, a new i.d. card, an AIDS test, and just hang out as an invited guest?Rev ... More >>

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    South Beach Menace

    A scuffle minutes from the nation's sandy playground highlights its slimy underbelly

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Shanty Talk

    "Is anyone actually from Miami? Certainly not Hernandez, who was born in Cuba.”

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    Shanty Talk

    "Is anyone actually from Miami? Certainly not Hernandez, who was born in Cuba.”

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Finally a Solution to the Homeless Problem

    Just put them in your patrol car and take them to Miami

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    We're Doing God's Work...

    With just a teeny-weeny bit of help from Key Biscayne police detectives

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    It's Payback Time

    Eleven years after the ACLU sued the City of Miami for harassing homeless citizens, the plaintiffs will get their cash

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Book 'em, Souto

    Commissioner Javier Souto isn't angry at the homeless people in his district. He just wants them to go away.

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Letters

    Commissioner Javier Souto isn't angry at the homeless people in his district. He just wants them to go away.

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Letters

    Commissioner Javier Souto isn't angry at the homeless people in his district. He just wants them to go away.

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Brother, Can You Spare a Byline?

    Miami's street people are selling a new magazine, and the Dade County Homeless Trust isn't buying

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Street Sweepers

    The City of Miami's court-approved plan to deal with the homeless is one part tough love, two parts blind hope

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Fueling the Feud

    A new report suggests that Clubland needs a serious crackdown

  • News

    June 5, 1997

    Myths Over Miami

    Captured on South Beach, Satan later escaped. His demons and the horrible Bloody Mary are now killing people. God has fled. Avenging angels hide out in the Everglades. And other tales from children in Dade's homeless shelters.

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Sacked

    One of Dade's most controversial advocates for the homeless finds herself jobless

  • News

    August 25, 1995

    No Room at the Inn

    If you don't have a roof over your head before a hurricane, don't expect one during a hurricane, either

  • News

    August 17, 1995

    Bodies and Souls

    A young pastor aims his church's meager resources at some of Miami's neediest.

  • News

    June 15, 1995

    Don't Give Him That Old-time Religion

    A former resident files suit against the Miami Rescue Mission

  • News

    May 25, 1995

    See How We Are

    When the Miami Coalition for the Homeless wanted a photo study of the area's street people population, it commissioned the homeless themselves

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    The Seven Year Bitch

    The homeless story that won't go away still won't go away

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Program Notes

    The homeless story that won't go away still won't go away

  • News

    March 23, 1995

    Shoot the Homeless

    Armed with donated cameras, Miami's disenfranchised are shedding some light on their plight

  • News

    February 23, 1995

    Still Homeless After All These Years

    The Pottinger case returned to Judge Atkins's courtroom, and both sides came out firing

  • News

    January 5, 1995

    Program Notes 38

    The Pottinger case returned to Judge Atkins's courtroom, and both sides came out firing

  • News

    August 16, 1994

    Bring Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Homeless

    Just keep them out of Coconut Grove

  • News

    July 26, 1994

    Bold MacDonald

    The fight to end homelessness has moved to the boardrooms -- and Donna MacDonald, brash and outspoken, is having trouble finding a way in

  • News

    January 12, 1994

    Brother, Can You Spare a One-Dollar County-Issued Food Voucher?

    Metro's new program for the homeless aims beyond the quick fix. But does it give short shrift to pressing needs?

  • News

    January 5, 1994

    Bah Humbug! And That's Final!

    Andy Menendez, the county's homeless czar, spreads a little holiday cheer

  • News

    November 3, 1993

    Shelter Fallout

    After years of doing nothing Dade County now plans to put 500 homeless people under one roof. It won't be in your neighborhood, of course.

  • News

    September 22, 1993

    Soup and Salvation

    Lu and Martha Castillo founded the Light Mission as a beacon of hope for Miami's homeless. Like all lights, this one sometimes flickers.

  • News

    July 28, 1993

    Vagabond Cove

    Dade has a big new plan to fight homelessness. Residents of the makeshift town on Watson Island might be a tough sell.

  • News

    June 23, 1993

    A Tale of Tent City

    Last spring, when Dade County united with a local charity to help the hurricane's homeless, the partnership sounded too good to be true. It was.

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