Solution-Hope for the Homeless-Example One Having Lunch with the Homeless One way to help lessen the impact of the homeless problem is to give hope to the homeless. One way of doing this is taking the… Read More
Stop Ignoring Spiritual Solutions As long as there are those who are involved in finding solutions to the addiction, homeless, and mental illness issues in Burien and surrounding areas ignore, or have a disdain to the… Read More
Political Partisanship is Not the Answer There will never be a solution to the addict, homeless, mental illness problem in Burien or anywhere else as long as there is political partisanship going on. As long as… Read More
One Person Helping the Homeless One person walking the talk instead of just talking the talk can Make a Difference in the homeless problem. One person putting money to their words can Make a Difference. For… Read More
Citizens Helping Prevent Homelessness in Burien There are individuals making a dent in preventing individuals from becoming homeless. The truth is they may not be stopping a person from becoming homeless, but they are at least… Read More
Testimonial-Intervention Works-The Story of Randall The following is a testimonial of how a drug intervention worked for an individual who lives in Burien. For privacy purpose we have change their name and some of the details.… Read More
Be Passionate Are you concerned about the homeless problem in Burien? Are you concerned about the topic of addiction? Are you concerned about the mentally ill that are not getting help? Are you concerned about needles… Read More
Low Income Housing for Women in Seatac, WA Fairhaven House, an outreach of Seattle Open Door Church, is excited to announce that we are finalizing our lease of a house in Seatac that will be for… Read More
Stop Homelessness in Burien There are those in Burien that are very unhappy about the homeless situation in Burien. They are unhappy because of all the homeless that are ‘hanging around’ town, they are unhappy because… Read More
Addiction and Housing It is very obvious that many people who are homeless also have addictions. Note I said many, not most. This post is not about how many homeless people are addicts or to create… Read More
Exorbitant Rent Increase-Solutions In our previous post we shared that there is a specific apartment complex in Burien that is increasing rents by $400-$550 more than what they have been. That is an increase of around… Read More
Exorbitant Rent Increases Cause Homelessness in Burien One of the ways to deal with the homeless issue in Burien is to do what we can to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless. Prevention in regards… Read More
Homeless Motor Homes Seattle-the Land of Fools This is going to be one of my more direct, in your face, posts. Why? Because I don't care to see this foolishness to take place in Burien. I… Read More
Affordable Housing for Women in Seatac Fairhaven House is a faith-based, low income/affordable, sober housing & discipleship ministry of Seattle Open Door Church in Burien. At one time Fairhaven House had a total of five houses… Read More
Walk the Streets in Burien There are homeless, addicts, mentally ill, working poor, prostitutes, drug dealers, criminals, that walk the streets of Burien. Not only walking the streets but occupying the parks, the bus stops, library,… Read More
Enabling and the Homeless Part One Anyone living in Burien will sooner or later hear complaints about Burien enabling the homeless and addicts. Some will voice complaints about organizations that provide food/clothing/medical & dental services, stating… Read More
Enabling and the Homeless Part Two In our last article we mainly talked about what enabling is and why it is wrong. We talked about some groups that sometimes do more enabling than empowering. In this… Read More
Enabling and the Homeless-Part Three Enabling or Empowering In previous articles we talked about the difference between enabling or empowering. There are many in Burien that are concerned that sometimes certain things that people do is… Read More
Crime and the Homeless Whenever the topic of homelessness is brought up, invariably the topic of crime is going to be brought up. Whenever the topic of helping the homeless is brought up the topic of… Read More
Collaboration-Working Together Regarding Homelessness Coming up with solutions regarding the Burien Homeless problem. Needless to say there is a homeless problem in the small town of Burien. Needless to say it will only get worse if… Read More
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I have been a Burien resident since 1948. graduated from Highline High School in 1966. US Navy veteran. U of W Graduate (Asian Languages and…
I have been working at Transform Burien for 3 years now. Here is my opinion. Problems Homeless come to TB and get food several days…
Here is letter I wrote to the Burien City Council: Dear City council members, It looks the city council is facing a real leadership test…
In the past I have been a UPS driver and construction worker. Because of my alcoholism I have made bad choices and spent time in…
I am a nurse-midwife, currently working at a hospital. I volunteer (bring meals) to Hospitality House, and in the past to a men's shelter in…
I have been a school psychologist for many years. I served numerous students in need, not all of them living in homeless conditions but many living…
I have a 40 year career as a Firefighter/EMT and Paramedic with King County Medic One. Volunteer at Highline Food Bank and Transform Burien. My…
Experience: 20 years experience as a case manager with low income families Concerns Regarding Homeless Inefficient use of public/private funds to address homelessness. There also…
I am a data analyst by profession and work at the Gates Foundation, where I have done some work with regional family homelessness data. Your…
My biggest concern regarding the homeless is the trash and the animals in the camps. I worked on rescuing over 75 cats in a green belt…
Burien Homelessness Think Tank Richard D. Dover (Rich) is the founder of the Burien Homelessness Think Tank, and the current organizer. The Burien Homlessness Think…
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Solution-Hope for the Homeless-Example One Having Lunch with the Homeless One way to help lessen the impact of the homeless
Stop Ignoring Spiritual Solutions As long as there are those who are involved in finding solutions to the addiction, homeless,
