Author Archives: Detroit Richards

Detroit Richards

Detroit Richards

     

Detroit Richards was unhoused between 2015 and 2020, and after ten months in a SIP hotel, was awarded a housing subsidy for a year. She currently lives with her son in San Francisco, and writes for Street Sheet and at her blog www.thepaltrysum.com

tweeting on Twitter

How Twitter Takeover Could Impact Homeless People, Part 2

Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Impact on homelessness

How Twitter Takeover Could Impact Homeless People, Part 1

living in an RV homeless

When You Live Unhoused on the Road

treating people with dignity at shelters

Kindness and Dignity Help Homeless People More Than Infantilizing Them

on the road with no way home

Posing as Travelers, Blending in with No Way Home

hope after homelessness

How the Shelter in Place Program Saved Our Lives

escaping domestic violence to end up homeless on the open road

Mother Escapes Domestic Violence Only to End Up Homeless, Part 2

Domestic Violence and Homelessness

Mother Escapes Domestic Violence Only to End Up Homeless, Part 1