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Homeless
Unique ‘clinic-in-a-box’ provides healthcare for unhoused in Tampa
Listen: New technology unveiled Wednesday addresses healthcare for the unhoused. A unique “clinic in a box” provides virtual healthcare to the homeless in Tampa. The OnMed Care Station is a small booth, slightly larger than...
The Scoop: Wed. Nov. 13th, 2024, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
An appeals court will hear a case about restrictions on medical treatment for transgender Floridians A federal appeals court will hear arguments in January in a battle over Florida’s restrictions on treatments such as puberty...
$51 million park and stormwater project opens in Tampa
Listen: The City of Tampa cut the ribbon on a new 48-acre park in South Tampa. The 51-million dollar project is more than a park — it also provides flood relief. City leaders celebrated the...
Some Floridians have to work well over 40 hours a week to afford rent, report shows
Listen: A new report shows some Florida residents need to work way more than the standard 40-hour workweek just to afford rent in the state. The report is by financial technology company Self, and published in...
As Hurricane Milton nears, thousands flock to shelters across Tampa Bay
Listen: With widespread evacuation orders across the Tampa Bay region, many are fleeing to shelters. On Tuesday, People hauled trash bags and personal items into a shelter at Middleton High School in East Tampa. Evacuee...
Statewide bans on public camping and sleeping begin Tuesday. Some of Tampa's unhoused are concerned how the new law will impact them.
Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets – Carol Mithers Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the question: Who deserves...
Homelessness: What Can Be Done?
There is a new law Florida banning the homeless from sleeping in public. We discuss what can be done to get people off the streets with my guests, homeless advocates Antoinette Hayes-Triplett of Tampa Hillsborough...
Destabilization and economic justice
Rule by the many? or The One.
Republican Sam Garrison praised the ruling that upheld the constitutionality of an Oregon city’s ordinance cracking down on public camping.
Pinellas police are tracking where unhoused people sleep before state ban takes effect
Listen: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can enforce bans on the unhoused population sleeping outside. But homeless advocates say punishing people who need a place to sleep would criminalize homelessness –...
Former police homeless liaison officer discusses Florida’s controversial encampment law
Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put his signature on HB 1365, a controversial new law that prohibits municipalities from allowing homeless individuals to camp or sleep on public property. Enforcement of the law is...
