Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #8 — Don’t We Need More Shelters?“California is a Garden of Eden, but If you ain’t got the do re mi, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia…5 min read·Feb 19, 2021----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homeless Together #7 — Calling Business ChampionsIn San Diego (and in many urban areas) businesses lead the charge to solve social problems. I spent 20 years there working on affordable…3 min read·Jan 25, 2021----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #6 — What Should We Do About Encampments?They are in nearly every California city. If you drive down major freeways, or take the Amtrak, you see them alongside the road and tracks…4 min read·Jan 4, 2021----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #5 — “Can’t We Make Them Go Away?”I knew we were in trouble. When the director of parks was asked by a city councilmember, “What do you think we should do about…4 min read·Dec 9, 2020----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #4 — Should I call the police?Have you ever called the police on homeless people? I have. And, I was running a homeless shelter at the time. With all the news these…4 min read·Dec 4, 2020----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #3 — Don’t They Want To Be Homeless?I have called homelessness “the stupid problem” because all it takes to end it is to give someone a home. “But,” you say, “Don’t most of…5 min read·Nov 25, 2020----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #2 — Systems of CareIf ending homelessness is simply a matter of putting people in housing, why do we need a system of care? The answer is that homelessness…4 min read·Nov 13, 2020----
Chuck FlacksEnding Homelessness Together #1: The Stupid ProblemIf you live in California, they have become part of the landscape. People without homes are on the corner, at the freeway underpass, along…2 min read·Nov 10, 2020----