December 2022 Hot Topic — Houseless in Nashville
Speaker: Lindsey Krinks the Co-Founder and Interim Co-Director for Open Table Nashville.
Krinks gave a background on how houselessness became a chronic problem from the 1980’s to the present. She focused on specific issues in the Nashville area, and how Open Table Nashville works to disrupt houselessness by addressing underlying economic, social, and community issues. She was joined by Julia Sutherland, the Executive Director for the Village at Glencliff. She gave a history of the Village at Glencliff and their 10 housing units developed to provide dignified medical respite and bridge housing for people experiencing houselessness.