2024
Thank you Ryan Hutson (Humboldt Freelance Reporting) for showing up and always being a voice of truth! We are grateful for your independent journalism snd shining on hunger and homeless awareness week during unprecedented atmospheric river and cyclone bombs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAs67Id6OUQ
KEET PBS Headline Humboldt: November 22nd, 2024 : Nezzie Wade from Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives talks about Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week at 6 minutes and 51 seconds in the video below.
https://youtu.be/59SjltVAkvc?si=VNER61c7-evHPgNf&t=413
2023
9-22-2023: Headline Humboldt: September 22nd, 2023- PBS
9-22-2023: Redwood Heroes: Nezzie Wade has relentless drive to help the Homeless- Eureka Times-Standard
9-4-2023: AHHA plans on bringing back free mobile showers for the homeless in Humboldt County- KRCR
6-9-2023: Nezzie Wade, AHHA on the Homelessness town hall in Eureka- Humboldt Freelance Reporting
5-1-2023: Humboldt homeless non-profit reacts to Homeless Housing Obligation Act- KRCR
2022
11-22-2022: AHHA Discontinues Shower Care-A-Van Program to Focus on Affordable Housing Opportunities - Lost Coast Outpost
5-22-2022: North Coast Conversations: AHHA/Shower Care-A-Van Program - Lost Coast Outpost
2021
2-17-2021: Was AHHA's tiny house stolen? No, someone unknowingly bought it - Eureka Times-Standard
2020
8-4-2020: Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD Radio News
6-30-2020: SPECIAL: Non-profits Provide Essential Services for Camping Residents of SoHum - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD Radio News
6-26-2020: Care-A-Van Returning to Redwoods Rural Dental Lot Sunday June 28 - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD Radio News
5-26-2020: SPECIAL: AHHA Bring Resources to Homeless Southern Humboldt Residents - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD Radio News
4-14-2020: City of Arcata Uses Dowtown Parking Lots as Temporary Homeless Shelters Amid COVID-19 Emergency - Lost Coast Outpost
4-4-2020: Humboldt Area Foundation Distributes Nearly $200,000 in Grant Money to Help Local Organizations With the Side Effects of COVID-19 - Lost Coast Outpost
3-27-2020: Arcata City Council Passes Evictions Moratorium to Protect Tenants Impacted by COVID-19 Emergency - Lost Coast Outpost
3-27-2020: AHHA Urges Local Officials Support All Citizens Needing Shelter - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD Radio News
3-16-2020: Humboldt County health officer: ‘The homeless are more at risk' - Eureka Times-Standard
1-25-2020: Local Students Give Speeches on How to Best Address California’s Most Pressing Issue: Homelessness - Lost Coast Outpost
1-4-2020: AHHA Provides 144 Showers With New Care-A-Van, Looks to Expand Service - Eureka Times-Standard
1-3-2020: Everyone Invited to AHHA General Assembly in Eureka January 4 - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio
2019
12-22-2019: Members of the Community Gathered on the Longest Night of the Year to Remember the Lives of the People Who Died on the Streets - Lost Coast Outpost
12-8-2019: AHHA Shower Van at RRHC - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio
11-16-2019: AHHA Debuts New Mobile Shower Facility - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio coverage of AHHA's Shower Care-A-Van debut on 11-12-2019
10-16-2019: AHHA Receives Mobile Shower Station Unit - KIEM TV
10-12-2019: AHHA's Shower Care-A-Van Has Arrived - Eureka Times-Standard
9-25-2019: Eureka Urges Residents to ‘NOT Give Money to Panhandlers’ - Eureka Times-Standard
9-9-2019: Human Rights Commission Urges Action on Homelessness - Eureka Times-Standard
8-29-2019: With Housing Element Passed, Staff Pushes Forward on Tiny Houses - North Coast Journal
8-23-2019: Benefit Show for AHHA at Siren Song in Eureka Sunday August 25th – Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio interview
8-20-2019: Housing Report: 70% of Unincorporated Humboldt County Residents Can’t Afford Median-Priced Houses - Eureka Times-Standard
8-20-2019: County Makes ‘Bold Choices’ to Address Affordability and Homelessness in Newly Adopted Housing Element - Lost Coast Outpost
8-5-2019: Mobile Shower Stations Rolling Into Eureka, Services Could Start in September - KIEM TV
8-3-2019: Coming soon to a community near you: Showers on wheels? - Redwood Times
7-31-2019: Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives Provides Mobile Shower - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio interview
7-26-2019: The Librarian and the Cop: Struggling to Serve Eureka’s Homeless Population on the Streets and in the Stacks - Lost Coast Outpost
6-17-2019: Homeless Hygiene Stations Set to Take the Streets Soon - KIEM TV
6-14-2019: Local Nonprofit Gets Grant to Build Portable Shower Facility for Homeless Folks - Lost Coast Outpost
6-13-2019: Asked for Change, Eureka to Alter Panhandling Ordinance - Eureka Times-Standard
5-2-2019: Workers Celebrate May Day in Old Town Eureka - Eureka Times-Standard
1-11-2019: PIT Count to Determine Number of Homeless In the Community Scheduled for Jan. 23 - Eureka Times-Standard
1-3-2019: AHHA Open House to Discuss ‘Bridging Communities’ - Eureka Times-Standard
12-22-2019: Members of the Community Gathered on the Longest Night of the Year to Remember the Lives of the People Who Died on the Streets - Lost Coast Outpost
12-8-2019: AHHA Shower Van at RRHC - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio
11-16-2019: AHHA Debuts New Mobile Shower Facility - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio coverage of AHHA's Shower Care-A-Van debut on 11-12-2019
10-16-2019: AHHA Receives Mobile Shower Station Unit - KIEM TV
10-12-2019: AHHA's Shower Care-A-Van Has Arrived - Eureka Times-Standard
9-25-2019: Eureka Urges Residents to ‘NOT Give Money to Panhandlers’ - Eureka Times-Standard
9-9-2019: Human Rights Commission Urges Action on Homelessness - Eureka Times-Standard
8-29-2019: With Housing Element Passed, Staff Pushes Forward on Tiny Houses - North Coast Journal
8-23-2019: Benefit Show for AHHA at Siren Song in Eureka Sunday August 25th – Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio interview
8-20-2019: Housing Report: 70% of Unincorporated Humboldt County Residents Can’t Afford Median-Priced Houses - Eureka Times-Standard
8-20-2019: County Makes ‘Bold Choices’ to Address Affordability and Homelessness in Newly Adopted Housing Element - Lost Coast Outpost
8-5-2019: Mobile Shower Stations Rolling Into Eureka, Services Could Start in September - KIEM TV
8-3-2019: Coming soon to a community near you: Showers on wheels? - Redwood Times
7-31-2019: Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives Provides Mobile Shower - Audio on SoundCloud from KMUD radio interview
7-26-2019: The Librarian and the Cop: Struggling to Serve Eureka’s Homeless Population on the Streets and in the Stacks - Lost Coast Outpost
6-17-2019: Homeless Hygiene Stations Set to Take the Streets Soon - KIEM TV
6-14-2019: Local Nonprofit Gets Grant to Build Portable Shower Facility for Homeless Folks - Lost Coast Outpost
6-13-2019: Asked for Change, Eureka to Alter Panhandling Ordinance - Eureka Times-Standard
5-2-2019: Workers Celebrate May Day in Old Town Eureka - Eureka Times-Standard
1-11-2019: PIT Count to Determine Number of Homeless In the Community Scheduled for Jan. 23 - Eureka Times-Standard
1-3-2019: AHHA Open House to Discuss ‘Bridging Communities’ - Eureka Times-Standard
2018
12-19-2018: Memorial Set to Honor, Remember Those Who Died on the Street in 2018 - Eureka Times-Standard
12-13-2018: The Housing Games - North Coast Journal
11-16-2018: My Word: Housing is a Human Right - Eureka Times-Standard
11-16-2018: My Word: Criminalizing Homelessness is Plainly Unconstitutional - Eureka Times-Standard
11-14-2018: My Word: County’s Shelter Access Falls Short - Eureka Times-Standard
11-14-2018: My Word: Homelessness and the Revolving Door - Eureka Times-Standard
11-13-2018: Advocates Call for Fixing Eureka’s Homelessness Policies - Eureka Times-Standard
11-13-2018: Homeless Advocates Protest In Front of the Humboldt County Courthouse - KIEM TV
11-11-2018: My Word: It’s Hunger and Homelessness Week - Eureka Times-Standard
11-8-2018: Emergency Shelters a Concern as Cold Weather Sets In - Eureka Times-Standard
10-17-2018: Local Groups Encouraging Homeless to Vote - Eureka Times-Standard
10-5-2018: Differences of Opinion on Display During Second Night of Eureka Candidate Forum - Lost Coast Outpost
10-3-2018: Eureka City Council Candidates Politely Disagree On a Number of Matters During Labor Temple Forum - Lost Coast Outpost
7-8-2018: AHHA: Addressing Homelessness With Tiny House Village - KIEM TV
6-12-2018: ‘Poor People’s Campaign’ Rallies at Courthouse - Eureka Times-Standard
6-11-2018: The Intimate Intertwining of Social Justice and Environmental Justice - KHSU Radio (Audio)
5-29-2018: Together, We Can Change the Course of an Epidemic - Eureka Times-Standard
5-19-2018: Support Housing the Homeless - Eureka Times-Standard
5-18-2018: AHHA Invites Public to Poor People’s Campaign - Eureka Times-Standard
5-10-2018: Multi-Candidate, Multi-Group Supervisor Rumble at Labor Temple Tonight - North Coast Journal
2-27-2018: A Shelter Crisis Declaration Can Provide Relief for Humboldt's Homeless - KHSU Radio (Audio)
2-24-2018: Minding the Gap: Humboldt County’s Woeful Shelter Gap - Eureka Times-Standard
2-6-2018: Supervisors Move to Create a Standing Committee to Address Homelessness; Will Consider Declaring a Shelter Crisis Later This Month - Lost Coast Outpost
1-9-2018: HOMELESSNESS: After Years of Public Pleas to Declare a Shelter Crisis, Supes Form Committee to Consider It - Lost Coast Outpost
1-8-2018: Out In The Cold In Humboldt County - Jefferson Public Radio (Audio)
1-6-2018: Get Ready for Tiny Houses Near You - Eureka Times-Standard
2017
12-21-2017: Humboldt County Continues to Seek Location for 24/7 Shelter - Eureka Times-Standard
12-4-2017: Coalition Seeks Site for 24/7 Winter Homeless Shelter - Eureka Times-Standard
11-30-2017: The Big Tent Approach - North Coast Journal
11-9-2017: The Impossible Possible - North Coast Journal
11-8-2017: Homeless Advocates Ask Supes to Declare Shelter Crisis - Eureka Times-Standard
11-8-2017: (VIDEO) Advocates for Homeless Housing Alternatives Pushing Board of Supervisors to Declare Shelter Crisis - Lost Coast Outpost
11-8-2017: Group Pushes For Humboldt County Supervisors to Declare Shelter Crisis - KRCR TV
11-7-2017: Homeless Advocates Urge Humboldt County Supervisors to Declare a Shelter Crisis - KIEM TV
11-6-2017: Humboldt County Residents To Petition For a Shelter Crisis Declaration - KIEM TV
11-3-2017: Advocacy Groups Seek Declaration Of Homeless Crisis In Humboldt - Jefferson Public Radio (Audio)
10-27-2017: Open Letter to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors - Eureka Times-Standard
8-18-2017: Proposed Day Center is Not the Solution to Homelessness - Eureka Times-Standard
8-9-2017: AHHA Asks City of Eureka and Humboldt County to Re-Think Homeless Policy - KIEM TV
7-18-2017: EPD Retracts Plans for Homeless Meal Voucher System - North Coast Journal
7-14-2017: Group Discusses Meeting to De-stigmatize Homeless People - Eureka Times-Standard
6-7-2017: Tiny Houses, Big Plans: AHHA Takes a Step Closer to Building Tiny House Village - KRCR TV
5-20-2017: Humboldt County Homeless Survey Scrutinized - Eureka Times-Standard
5-19-2017: No Homeless People in Southern Humboldt? - North Coast Journal
4-26-2017: A Home for the Homeless in Manila? Local Advocacy Group to Petition Community Services District for Campground, ‘Tiny House Village’ - Lost Coast Outpost
4-16-2017: Quilt Will Help Build a ‘Tiny Home’ - Eureka Times-Standard
2-25-2017: Point-In-Time Count Gathers More Volunteers - Eureka Times-Standard
2-5-2017: Student Group, AHHA Talk Homelessness - Eureka Times-Standard
1-26-2017: Abominable Omission - North Coast Journal
1-7-2017: Point in Time Count Delayed - Eureka Times-Standard
2016
12-24-2016: Tiny House Construction Begins This Month - Eureka Times-Standard
12-23-2016: PIT Count Seeks More Volunteers - Eureka Times-Standard
11-25-2016: Three Years On, The Edge Tries to Stay Sharp - North Coast Journal
11-10-2016: Abrupt Halt - North Coast Journal
11-9-2016: Measure O Passes Without a Fight - Eureka Times-Standard
11-6-2016: ‘Fixing the Society’: Homeless Rights Activist Urges Eureka to Address Human Needs, Not Criminalize - Eureka Times-Standard
11-5-2016: Local Homeless Advocacy Group AHHA Holds Meeting to Address the Ongoing Homeless Crisis in Humboldt County - Lost Coast Outpost
11-4-2016: Eureka Temporary Sleep Camps Shut Down - Eureka Times-Standard
11-3-2016: Temporary Homeless Sleeping Area Abruptly Halted (with Video) - North Coast Journal
11-3-2016: Eureka Abruptly Ends Overnight Homeless Sleeping Program, Threatens Illegal Campers With Arrest - Lost Coast Outpost
10-29-2016: Homeless Tents Set Up in Eureka Outskirts - Eureka Times-Standard
10-23-2016: Eureka's Temporary Homeless Sleeping Areas Here to Stay - North Coast Journal
10-18-2016: Eureka City Council to Discuss Butane Ordinance, New Homeless Sleeping Area - North Coast Journal
9-28-2016: Eureka City Council Approves Funding, New Site for Container Village - Eureka Times-Standard
9-26-2016: Eureka Council to Consider New Site Funding for Containerville at Special Meeting - North Coast Journal
9-9-2016: Houseless Behind the Redwood Curtain - CounterPunch
9-5-2016: Homelessness Solution: Tiny House Villages - Eureka Times-Standard
9-2-2016: 30-60 Campaign Houses 23 in First Three Weeks - Eureka Times-Standard
9-1-2016: Outlawing Houseless No Solution to Woes - Eureka Times-Standard
8-24-2016: Author Tackles Homeless Civil Rights - Eureka Times-Standard
8-11-2016: Community Leaders Look Toward Big-Picture Solutions for Homelessness at Housing First Summit - Lost Coast Outpost
7-14-2016: Advocates: Some Homeless Simply Can’t Work Their Way Up - Eureka Times-Standard
5-16-2016: Homeless Need Help From Entire Community - Eureka Times-Standard
5-13-2016: Many of Region’s Homeless are Certified Disabled - Eureka Times-Standard
5-12-2016: Do the Math: Eureka’s Doesn’t Add Up - Eureka Times-Standard
5-4-2016: Eureka City Council Weighs AHHA Homeless Services Proposal - Eureka Times-Standard
5-4-2016: Numbers From the Palco Marsh Cleanup - North Coast Journal
5-4-2016: City Council Votes Against AHHA Tiny Houses Proposal - KRCR TV
5-3-2016: Homeless and Evicted in Eureka - Jefferson Public Radio (Audio)
5-2-2016: Palco Marsh Exodus Begins - Lost Coast Outpost
4-30-2016: Plan to House the Homeless In Shipping Containers Taking Form - Eureka Times-Standard
4-27-2016: Eureka Receives First Homeless Proposal Through RFP Process - Eureka Times-Standard
4-26-2016: AHHA Submits Homeless Services Proposal to Eureka - Eureka Times-Standard
4-26-2016: Homelessness Activist Group Formally Submits ‘Sanctuary Camp’ Plan to House People Evicted From Palco Marsh - Lost Coast Outpost
4-25-2016: Despite Uncertainty, Homeless Container Community Project Plows Forward - North Coast Journal
4-19-2016: Human Rights Commission Calls on County Government to Somehow Stop Palco Marsh Evictions - Lost Coast Outpost
4-10-2016: Palco Marsh is Slated for Eviction - Eureka Times-Standard
4-8-2016: Learning From History (Or Not): Homeless Evicted Again - Eureka Times-Standard
4-5-2016: AHHA: Is Eureka Acting In Good Faith? - Eureka Times-Standard
4-5-2016: OP-ED: Sanctuary Camp Proponents Set the Record Straight - Lost Coast Outpost
4-2-2016: Eureka City Council Asked to Modify Shelter Crisis Declaration - Eureka Times-Standard
3-25-2016: Eureka Accepting ‘Exit Strategy’ Proposals for Palco Marsh Camps - Eureka Times-Standard
3-25-2016: City-Sanctioned Homeless Camp Moves Forward; Eureka Puts Out Request For Proposals From Potential Operators Crisis - Lost Coast Outpost
3-21-2016: HARDIN: Let’s Dump ‘Housing First’ and Declare a Housing Crisis - Lost Coast Outpost
3-18-2016: We Should All Say ‘Yes!’ to AHHA-ism, ‘No!’ to Bah-ism - Eureka Times-Standard
3-18-2016: Eureka: Marsh Campers Must be out May 2 - North Coast Journal
3-17-2016: City, Nonprofit Proponents Miles Apart on Plans for Sanctioned Homeless Camp Away From the Marsh - Lost Coast Outpost
3-17-2016: Committee Prioritizes Proposals for Public Safety Services - Eureka Times-Standard
3-11-2016: Measure Z Advisory Committee Reviews Funding Requests - Eureka Times-Standard
3-10-2016: An AHHA Moment - North Coast Journal
3-8-2016: AHHA Presents Pilot Sanctuary Camp Proposal to Public - Eureka Times-Standard
3-7-2016: City-Approved Eureka Homeless Camp Plan Gains New Steam With Mayoral Speech Last Week, Meeting This Afternoon - Lost Coast Outpost
3-7-2016: AHHA Presents Proposal for 'Sanctuary Camps' For Homeless - KRCR TV
3-6-2016: Homeless Advocates to Unveil Sanctuary Camp Plan - Eureka Times-Standard
3-4-2016: Mayor Jager Joins Pro-Camp Camp - North Coast Journal
2-25-2016: Three Big Takeaways From This Year’s Measure Z Funding Requests - Lost Coast Outpost
1-23-2016: Dear Editor, Eureka, and Humboldt County Residents - Eureka Times-Standard
1-19-2016: Eureka California Declares a Shelter Crisis to Address Houselessness - KZFR Radio (Audio on Youtube)
1-17-2016: Eureka Shelter Crisis Resolution Up for Review - Eureka Times-Standard
1-8-2016: Eureka City Council Butting Heads With Staff & Each Other on Homelessness - North Coast Journal
1-4-2016: City Mulls Shelter Crisis as Activists Protest Police Presence in PalCo Marsh - North Coast Journal
2015
12-18-2015: Eureka, Humboldt County Must Declare Shelter Crisis - Eureka Times-Standard
12-18-2015: Eureka Council Asked to Declare a Shelter Crisis - Eureka Times-Standard
12-2-2015: Shake It For Solutions: A Fundraiser for AHHA - KZFR Radio (Audio on Youtube)
10-22-2015: The Pitchfork and the Mouse - North Coast Journal
9-27-2015: Big Turnout for Tiny Homes - North Coast Journal
9-26-2015: Stakeholders Discuss Concept of Tiny Village for Homeless - Eureka Times-Standard
9-25-2015: Nezzie Wade on: Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives - KZFR Radio (Audio on Youtube)
9-24-2015: Can Humboldt County Solve Addiction? - North Coast Journal
9-23-2015: Expo Explores Options for Housing for the Homeless - Eureka Times-Standard
9-17-2015: Humboldt Then and Now - North Coast Journal
9-1-2015: Rallies and Protests at Eureka City Hall, County Courthouse This Afternoon - Lost Coast Outpost
8-31-2015: Eureka City Council Prepares to Crack Down on City's Homeless - North Coast Journal
7-16-2015: The Numbers are Out and the Jury is In - North Coast Journal
6-30-2015: Camp On, Camp Off - North Coast Journal
6-25-2015: Eureka Scraps Homeless Camp Plan - Eureka Times-Standard
6-13-2015: County Ought to Help Houseless By Declaring a Crisis - Eureka Times-Standard
5-4-2015: Letter: ‘Tiny Houses’ Wonderful Idea for Houseless - Eureka Times-Standard
4-30-2015: Services Fair Offers Alternatives to Greenbelt Campers - Eureka Times-Standard
4-30-2015: Eureka, Humboldt County Far From Heaven for Homeless - Eureka Times-Standard
4-22-2015: Eureka Eyes Sites for Homeless Camp - Eureka Times-Standard
2014
12-29-2014: Power to the People - Redwood Times
12-25-2014: Tiny Answers - North Coast Journal
12-18-2014: Homeless Not Hopeless - North Coast Journal
12-15-2014: Eureka to Hold Special Meeting on Homelessness - North Coast Journal
11-22-2014: Letter: Homeless Problem Won’t Just Go Away: Get Involved - Eureka Times-Standard
11-17-2014: AHHA Talks Housing for the Homeless - North Coast Journal
11-16-2014: Common Ground: Creating Opportunities for Change - Eureka Times-Standard
11-6-2014: It's time for an Opportunity Village - North Coast Journal