Tony Phillips
Tony Phillips has worked 15 years as a grant writer supporting San Diego nonprofits in affordable housing and human services. He contributes to The Huffington Post, writing on national politics, public policy, and poverty.
Articles by Tony
Voters Can Lead the Way to Solving Homelessness
On any given night, an estimated 640,000 Americans lack adequate shelter. That number includes the familiar “chronically homeless.” It includes 67,000 veterans. It includes growing numbers of seniors, the disabled, and families. Over the course of a year, some 3.5 million people, more than a million of them children, will experience homelessness in America. While the tragedy of homelessness and the poverty that causes it are crises enough for the individual, the cost of the big picture is critic...
23 Oct, 2012
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5 min read