(87 quotes found)
“The homeless need someone to speak for them. I filed this after I saw what happened in Fort Lauderdale. We need to try to protect these people and say that we are not going to stand by and let things like that happen.”
Rep. Priscilla Taylor
“It goes beyond homelessness,”
Jack Nichols
“When you criminalize homelessness, you're not getting to the root of the problem. I don't think that's the face that St. Petersburg wants to have.”
James Bennett
“It poses significant issues for our communities concerning how to handle thousands of individuals who suddenly find themselves homeless again,”
Rick Perry
“I guess it was 18 years ago now that I first became aware of the situation with homeless families. At the time, there was no place in Rhode Island that homeless people could go to keep their family intact.”
James Roberts
“I met him when he was homeless, and I was homeless, and he kind of watched my back. You've got to have someone watch your back when you're homeless, especially when you're a woman.”
Rita Baldwin
“Tony got himself properly scruffy and joined their ranks (as a homeless person).”
Robert Miller
“Most of the homeless are downtown so what better place to start to be out serving them?”
Rob Reynolds
“The mentoring program is about long-term outcomes and solutions to homelessness. Mentoring helps break the cycle of homelessness.”
Roxane White
“Napa County doesn't have that many mentally ill homeless. It's only about 15 percent. The county has many aggressive programs to reach that population.”
Jim Featherstone
