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[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-block-project-an-innovative-community-and-homelessness_b_58d3fb41e4b062043ad4b0b5 by Rebekah Bastian 23/3/17 HUFFPOST] | [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-block-project-an-innovative-community-and-homelessness_b_58d3fb41e4b062043ad4b0b5 by Rebekah Bastian 23/3/17 HUFFPOST] | ||
The BLOCK Project aims to put a BLOCK Home in the back yard of one single-family lot on every residentially zoned block within the City of Seattle. While this goal sounds ambitious, Facing Homelessness – a nonprofit of three including Managing Director Sara Vander Zanden and Community Director Sarah Steilen – is not tackling it alone. BLOCK Architects – a collaboration of Rex and his daughter Jennifer LaFreniere – has formed connections with over a dozen companies and organizations who are providing their services pro-bono. | The BLOCK Project aims to put a BLOCK Home in the back yard of one single-family lot on every residentially zoned block within the City of Seattle. While this goal sounds ambitious, Facing Homelessness – a nonprofit of three including Managing Director Sara Vander Zanden and Community Director Sarah Steilen – is not tackling it alone. BLOCK Architects – a collaboration of Rex and his daughter Jennifer LaFreniere – has formed connections with over a dozen companies and organizations who are providing their services pro-bono. | ||
=====How Richard Gere and Bernie Glassman Offer Solutions for the Homeless===== | |||
[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-richard-gere-and-bern_b_8149208 by Michaela Haas 17/9/15 HUFFPOST] | |||
Fifteen years later, though, Richard Gere did indeed stumble upon the secret how to be invisible, even in the midst of New York. In his new film Time Out of Mind (out this month), he plays an elderly alcoholic who ends up on the streets. Gere wanted to shoot the film documentary-style, and he was worried his A-list status would attract too much attention. | |||
