Thacher Schmid

Thacher Schmid is an independent writer, musician, and former social services professional living in Portland who has worked with and written about unsheltered houseless people for years.

Housing and HomelessnessMarch 23, 2023

Homeless Homicides Are On the Rise

The rising number of unhoused people being murdered in the United States is a grim and urgent reminder of our country’s housing crisis.

Thacher Schmid
Housing and HomelessnessNovember 11, 2021

Vehicle Residency: Homelessness We Struggle to Talk About

Rendered statistically invisible and targeted by restrictive laws, those living in cars are the fastest-growing segment of the unhoused US population.

Thacher Schmid

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Thacher Schmid

Housing and HomelessnessMarch 23, 2023

Homeless Homicides Are On the Rise

The rising number of unhoused people being murdered in the United States is a grim and urgent reminder of our country’s housing crisis.

Thacher Schmid

Housing and HomelessnessNovember 11, 2021

Vehicle Residency: Homelessness We Struggle to Talk About

Rendered statistically invisible and targeted by restrictive laws, those living in cars are the fastest-growing segment of the unhoused US population.

Thacher Schmid