John Fitzhugh

Mary Frances Ford doesn’t mind saying something that offends people. “The homeless population is just like the population that I belong to and you belong to, in the sense that ‘they’re just people,’” said the case worker with 37 years of experience working with people experiencing homelessness. “When it comes down to it they’re just […]

There is no easy solution to homelessness.  But it will start with affordable housing and a shelter on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. That was the message from a public forum on homelessness held at Back Bay Mission in Biloxi. “What we need as a collective is more affordable housing built,” said Mary Simons, executive director

  Hannah Booker’s life has come full circle. “Three years ago, I was a homeless drug addict,” Booker said. “Sleeping in park bathrooms in a horrible domestic violence marriage.” Now she is helping addicts recover and get into housing. “This is the first job I’ve ever had that it was OK to be an addict,