Today’s Read: Why Is the Homeless Crisis Growing? Posted on May 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone A combination of economic forces and misguided policy responses has pushed record numbers of men, women, and children into homelessness – leaving the City struggling to address the crisis. Although Mayor de Blasio has made notable improvements in some areas, ..Read More
A Fresh Take on Ending the Jail-to-Street-to-Jail Cycle Posted on May 10, 2017 by Christie Thompson in The Marshall Project George Washington (not the famous one) first ended up in a New York homeless shelter in the mid-1980s, after he came home from prison for robbery and crack cocaine hit the streets. Since then, he’s passed between girlfriends’ houses, hotels, shelters all o ..Read More
New York’s Mayor Vowed to Help the Homeless. Why Is the Crisis Growing? Posted on May 9, 2017 by Jarrett Murphy in The Nation No one really knows how many homeless people there are in New York City, and no one ever has. The city’s official “daily census” tallies the population in the homeless-shelter system, but fails to count thousands of other New Yorkers living under borrowe ..Read More
How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality Posted on May 9, 2017 by Matthew Desmond in The New York Times Magazine The son of a minister, Ohene Asare grew up poor. His family immigrated from Ghana when he was 8 and settled down in West Bridgewater, Mass., a town 30 miles south of Boston, where he was one of the few black students at the local public school. “It was us an ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Mental Health Services Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society submitted testimony to The New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services regarding oversight of the ThriveNYC ..Read More
Congress Can’t Afford to Cut Housing for the Mentally Ill Posted on May 5, 2017 by Carol Caton in CityLab As Congress considers the federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 to reduce funding for services to poor and homeless Americans, programs with proven cost-effectiveness should not be on the chopping block. One such program is supportive housing for homele ..Read More
Homeless Performer Faces Uphill Battle From Shelter to Spotlight Posted on May 1, 2017 by Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska in DNAinfo Wearing just a hint of eye makeup and a modest necklace on top of a simple white T-shirt, Freddie Cosmo took to the stage last Wednesday at famed gay bar Stonewall Inn for several songs during a show for charity. His friend and the club’s flamboyant ente ..Read More