This week’s class sessions were very interesting. We talked a lot about homeless counts and how they are conducted. We had one gentleman named Ed Torres visit our classroom from the Center for Spiritual Living and we had a phone call with a gentleman from ASR who spoke in depth about how they conduct homeless counts, how the data and information is used, etc. Both of these speakers were very interesting and informative. I think that Ed’s approach of finding vacant buildings owned by the city, county, or state for use for a homeless shelter is very interesting. If I were in the same position, I would look to build low-income housing. I know the the county and/or state offer significant funding for these types of developments and I think it would be worth looking into more. I found the class about homeless counts particularly interesting. I didn’t realize there was so much politics within the topic of homelessness. In some cases it’s better to have a count higher than the actual number, and in other cases it’s better to undercount.