Episode 24 - Homelessness in Nashville - Open Table Nashville's Lindsey Krinks

This episode features Lindsey Krinks, the Education and Street Chaplaincy Coordinator and co-founder of Open Table Nashville ( See timeline of topics below. Interview minute markers: 1:30 - Book recommendation: "Evicted" 2:15 - How did you start doing this work? 3:20 - The work of Open Table Nashville 6:05 - What have you seen change over the past decade? 8:25 - Causes of homelessness 11:34 - "Radical culture of care"...where are we as a city from 1-10? 13:21 - Church Street Park land swap 19:24 - Merits of the Housing First model 22:50 - Reaction to Amazon deal 24:55 - Tent cities 29:00 - What is the best way for people to help? 31:15 - Waiting list for affordable housing 34:00 - Microhome village 35:00 - Number of homeless people in Nashville 36:30 - "Ending homelessness" as the goal? 39:30 - Peer cities to emulate 40:48 - Balancing policy advocacy and direct outreach 43:07 - Cold night walkalongs (email winter@opentablenashville.org) 43:50 - Dangerous effects of cold weather 46:30 - Homeless people being pushed further out into the county Nashville Sounding Board is a podcast dedicated to discussing social and political issues affecting Middle Tennessee. NSB is produced by Benjamin Eagles. Views expressed by Benjamin Eagles in this podcast and on social media are his alone and do not reflect the views of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Music by Craig Turner and Joe Halberstadt

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This episode was published on Nov 21, 2018.

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