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Kevin Fagan Takes A Deep, Immersive Look At Surviving Homelessness

2025/3/3
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Kevin Fagan: 我在《迷失与被寻获》一书中，通过长达数月的街头采访，深入探讨了无家可归者的生存现状。我发现，长期无家可归者往往经历了多重打击，例如家庭问题、药物成瘾、精神疾病和社会服务体系的失败，最终导致他们流落街头。他们陷入了生存模式，日常的焦点是寻找毒品、食物和住所，难以回忆和反思过去的生活。支持性住房是解决长期无家可归问题的有效方法，但前提是需要提供配套的社会服务来帮助他们解决就业、心理健康和药物成瘾等问题。对于一些无家可归者来说，与家人团聚是摆脱困境的关键，但仅仅与家人团聚并不足以解决所有问题，还需要一个重新融入社会的过程。解决无家可归问题没有放之四海而皆准的方法，需要根据个人的具体情况采取不同的策略，例如“先安置后戒毒”或“先戒毒后安置”。重建精神医疗机构可能有助于解决部分严重精神疾病患者的无家可归问题，但需要考虑成本和强制治疗的伦理问题。即使个人能力有限，也可以通过一些简单的善举来帮助无家可归者，例如与他们交谈，给予关怀和尊重。解决无家可归问题需要全社会共同努力，包括政府、社区和个人，需要从根本上解决贫困、住房短缺和医疗保健等问题。 Alexis Madrigal: 本期节目探讨了无家可归的复杂性，以及记者凯文·法根的新书《迷失与被寻获》如何揭示了这个问题的人性层面。 Mana: 我曾无家可归15年，最终通过自我反思和努力，摆脱了困境，组建了家庭。 Rosemary: 我在无家可归期间，尝试过各种方法，但由于住房问题和精神疾病患者的困扰，难以找到稳定的住所。 Gary: 我认为，需要重建精神医疗机构，为严重精神疾病患者提供必要的帮助。 Kate: 我通过提供住所和家庭支持，帮助一位无家可归的朋友重返社会，这说明社区互助在解决无家可归问题方面也发挥着重要作用。

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Kevin Fagan discusses 'Homeless Island', a key location from his book 'The Lost and the Found', and shares insights into the lives of its inhabitants, particularly focusing on Rita Grant.
  • Kevin Fagan's book 'The Lost and the Found' explores the lives of two homeless individuals, Tyson and Rita.
  • Homeless Island was a notorious area in San Francisco where many homeless individuals, including Rita and her boyfriend Tommy, lived.
  • The location of Homeless Island was strategic for panhandling, being situated at a busy intersection with high traffic.
  • The environment on Homeless Island was harsh, with residents facing addiction and health challenges.

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Former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan spent more than three decades reporting on everything from wildfires to serial killers but he has been especially dogged in his coverage of the city’s seemingly intractable homelessness problem. His new book, “The Lost and the Found,” draws on his extensive, immersive reporting to tell the stories of two homeless people – how they ended up on the streets of San Francisco and how they left. We talk with Fagan about his detailed portrait of what it is like to survive without shelter and why it’s so difficult to resolve an issue that has long plagued our region.

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**Kevin Fagan, **author of “The Lost and The Found;" longtime, award-winning journalist and former reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle specializing in homelessness and serial killers.