Before oversize clocks and reality television and before he penned lyrics with Public Enemy, Flavor Flav was homeless. He slept in a dumpster and would escape just before the garbage truck came to haul the trash.
“I know what it feels like to wake up in the streets, you know what I’m saying. With no money in my pocket, hungry,” he said. “I’m not just talking about what I wrote; I’m talking about what I know.”
Flavor Flav brought his trademark bombast and personality recently to Sasha Bruce House, a haven for homeless and displaced youth in Southeast Washington. He shared personal moments about his homelessness. (more…)
MEDFORD, Ore. — Dressed in soaked green pajamas, Betty Snyder, 14, huddled under a cold drizzle at the city park as several older boys decided what to do with her.
“Part of the change in attitudes that I want to see here in Washington and all across the country is a belief that it is not acceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours.” - President Barack Obama, March 24. 
The following organizations are calling on President Obama, HUD Secretary Donovan, and Congress to provide housing authorities with an immediate infusion of funding in the current fiscal year, to ensure that every current Section 8 tenant is able to keep their voucher.
On July 1st, 285 families and individuals in the Northwest part of Oregon will be turned out of their homes.