Archive for Wednesday, August 6, 2014
After Foreclosure, Homeless Face Long Recovery
August 6, 2014 | WMFE, Orlando – Five years after the end of the worst recession in a generation, no region is more troubled by foreclosures than Central Florida. The crisis is resolving in most of the rest of the country. But here, where houses continue to go up for auction, families left homeless by foreclosure face a long recovery. The Kelloggs are one of those families. Paul Kellogg and his wife Judie moved in to their new home about a year ago with their two children, 21-year-old Dominique and 18-year-old Raymond. Paul is a civil engineer who was designing subdivisions when he lost his job in 2009. A year later the bank foreclosed on the Sanford home where the ...
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Access to Healthcare a Challenge for Central Florida’s Homeless
WMFE, Orlando-According to the latest state report, the majority of Florida’s homeless are low-income, childless, non-veterans under age 60. It’s a likely formula for being medically uninsured. As part of our series on Homelessness in Central Florida, we look at how access to insurance and health care continues to be a struggle for those living on the streets. Vincent Williams and dozens of men line up outside an emergency homeless shelter in downtown Orlando. This has been his routine for almost three years. The Florida sun beats down on him, revealing a tinge of yellow in his eyes. “I have sickle cell anemia and I have deterioration of bones,” said Williams, 52. This genetic condition causes fatigue and unbearable episodes ...
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Intersection | A Panel Discussion on Homelessness
90.7’s Matthew Peddie speaks to Dr. Jim Wright, Sociologist at the University of Central Florida, Andrae Bailey, CEO for the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness and Maria Shorkey and Kenneth Wilson from the Covenant House Florida on the challenges Central Florida faces when tackling homelessness and what needs to be done moving forward.
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Living On The Edge Of Homelessness: Xelimar Mendez’ Story
For many Central Floridians, the lack of affordable and available housing leaves them on the edge of homelessness. One resident of an Orlando condo complex has been living under this shadow for a year.
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Scott Joseph | Taste of the Nation
In his Spotlight installment this week, Orlando Restaurant Critic Scott Joseph previews a charity event. Some of the area’s best chefs are donating their time to fight child hunger.
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