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Q&A with Wally Dietz
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Wallace “Wally” Dietz said ending his career as Metro’s legal Director was one of the biggest honors of his life.
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Learn More About the Cost of Homelessness Arrests
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A 2021-study by Brie Diamond et al. on “Criminalizing Homelessness” found that criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor that is often used “to maintain control over contested spaces,” is disproportionately used against people experiencing homelessness.
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Learn More About How the City Spent Federal ARPA Funds on Homelessness
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In October 2022, Metro Council approved four resolutions to allocate a total of $50 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to address homelessness and strengthen our local Housing Crisis Resolution System.
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Q&A with Brenda Wynn
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Longtime Davidson County Clerk Talks Career and Post-Retirement Plans
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Q&A with Kelly Walberg
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Kelly Walberg is a communications strategist whose leadership has influenced and guided Nashville’s philanthropic giving and the nonprofit sector for decades.
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Learn More About Nashville’s Increase in Homelessness
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The tide in homelessness has been turning in 2025 at the national level, after a 40 percent increase in national Point-in-Time (PIT) homelessness counts between 2016 and 2024. Nashville, however, has not been able to turn their upward trajectory around just yet.
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Q&A with Alaina Boyer
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Alaina Boyer is the senior Director of programs at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, which is headquartered here in Nashville.
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Q&A with Contributor Co-Editors Amanda Haggard and Linda Bailey
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“A good testament to us working well together is that I always think she’s doing all the hard stuff and I’m doing all the easy stuff, and I think she thinks the opposite,”
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Q&A with Kaycee Ensign
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Ensign currently serves as the Housing Policy Manager working in Metro’s Housing Division, which is part of the Planning Department.
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Learn More About the Tension between Metro and the Homelessness Planning Council
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Ultimately, the ones who suffer and lose in the midst of these clashes over policy matters are the people who are trying to survive on the streets and in shelters.