Commentary

Read recent commentary on the homelessness crisis, the shortage of affordable housing, and related issues.

Commentary

• Affordable Housing in Crisis
  New York Times
  May 22, 2004

• Banking on Local Communities
  New York Times
  April 15, 2004

• Time to wage war in Albany
  New York Daily News
  March 28, 2004

• Bush's rent-aid cuts would be a disaster
  New York Daily News
  March 25, 2004

• BUSH'S NUMBERS ADD UP TO MORE HOMELESSNESS
  Mercury News
  March 23, 2004

• There is no middle ground in mental-health parity
  The Record
  March 19 2004

• No More Excuses on Jobs
  New York Times
  March 12, 2004

• Get 'em health care
  Newsday
  March 12, 2004

• Egan must go the max for the minimum
  New York Daily News March 11, 2004

• Promises, Promises
  New York Times
  March 9, 2004

• A Plague for the Young Homeless
  New York Times
  March 8, 2004

• Bush jobless recovery hits middle class
  New York Daily News March 7, 2004

• There is More Welfare to Reform
  New York Times
  March 6, 2004

Commentary Archive

2004

• Total Poverty Awareness
  New York Times
  February 21, 2004

• Squeezing the Poor for Votes
  New York Times
  February 18, 2004

• Less help for the homeless
  The Boston Globe
  February 18, 2004

• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
  New York Times
  February 10, 2004

• Give working poor a pay raise
  New York Daily News
  February 8, 2004

• Torture in The Box
  Albany Times Union
  February 6, 2004

• Is having a home a right?
  Christian Science Monitor
  February 04, 2004

• The Pinocchio Budget
  New York Times
  February 3, 2004

• An Assault on Housing Vouchers
  New York Times
  January 20, 2004

• Rent Control as an Urban Elixir
  New York Times
  January 19, 2004

• Heartless Marriage Plans
  New York Times
  January 17, 2004

• Church Sends Christ Into Cold
  Newsday
  January 15, 2004

• Congress owes unemployed a big payback
  New York Daily News
  January 4, 2004

• Homeless in America, Yes, Today
  New York Times
  January 2, 2004

  2003

• Pork Shortage for the Homeless
  New York Times
  December 27, 2003

• Congress Gives Lump of Coal to Unemployed
  Newsday
  December 23, 2003

• Hard Lives, Hard Choices
  New York Times
  December 21, 2003

• Change the Channel
  New York Times
  December 19, 2003

• Juan Gonzalez: Marathon Man's race to save kids
  New York Daily News
  December 16, 2003

• Callous Congress Quits, Without New Aid for Jobless
  Newsday
  December 15, 2003

• Pay Pataki $5.15 an hour
  New York Daily News
  December 9, 2003

• No Cheer for the Unemployed
  New York Times
  December 9, 2003

• Elusive Helping Hands in the City
  New York Times
  December 5, 2003

• A New Kind Of Poverty
  Newsweek
  December 1, 2003

• The Unemployment Myth
  New York Times
  November 30, 2003

• Don't Rush to Evict Homeless From Shelters
  Newsday
  July 22, 2003

• Up and Off the Streets
  New York Times
  June 9, 2003

• Legislating NIMBY
  Gotham Gazette
  May, 2003

• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
  New York Times
  April 22, 2003

• The city's hungry can't afford cuts
  New York Daily News
  April 17, 2003

• The Mayor's Mistake on Workfare
  New York Times
  April 15, 2003

• War and Homelessness
  Safety Net Online
  March 19, 2003

• Mayor's homeless plan won't work
  New York Daily News
  February 26, 2003

• Bloomberg Pursues Plan to Eject Homeless Men and Women from Shelters to the Streets
  Safety Net Online
  February 20, 2003

• Shelter, as Distinct From Tax Shelter
  New York Times Editorial
  February 15, 2003

• Add to city's Medicaid rolls? In the long term, it saves money
  New York Daily News
  February 12, 2003

• The Pataki Plan for the Mentally Ill
  New York Times
  February 1, 2003

• Homeless shelter provides a roof, warmth and hope
  The Saratogian
  January 31, 2003

• Getting the Courts Out of the Shelters
  New York Times Editorial
  January 18, 2003

• Assessing Mayor Bloomberg
  New York Times Editorial
  January 2, 2003

2002

• Mayor Bloomberg Brings Housing Home
  New York Times Editorial
  December 27, 2002

• Evicting the Homeless
  Gotham Gazette
  December 16, 2002

• New York's Mental Health Morass
  New York Times Editorial
  November 20, 2002

• Housing the Homeless Mentally Ill
  New York Times Editorial
  September 21, 2002
  
  

• Special Report: City Plans Appeal of Court Decision that Protects Right to Shelter (pdf)
  Safety Net
  Summer 2002
  

• Facing Up to the Housing Crisis
  New York Times Editorial
  July 5, 2002
  

2001

• New York Needs a Place to Live
  New York Times
  July 20, 2001
  

2000

• Toward A Sensible Homeless Policy
  New York Times Editorial
  February 25, 2000
  
  

• A Cold Wind Blows
  New York Times
  January 24, 2000
  
  

1999

• The Politics of Homelessness
  New York Times Editorial
  December 2, 1999
  
  

• Bullying the Homeless
  New York Times
  November 29, 1999
  
  

• Blueprint for Tragedy
  New York Times
  November 1, 1999
  
  

• Misguided Shelter Reform
  New York Times Editorial
  October 28, 1999
  
  

• Mr. Pataki's Public Safety Failure
  New York Times Editorial
  May 25, 1999
  
  

• After Kendra Webdale's Death
  New York Times Editorial
  January 8, 1999
  
  

1996

• Careful Screening for the Homeless
  New York Times Editorial
  December 10, 1996
  
  

• Screening for Homelessness
  New York Times Editorial
  August 28, 1996
  
  

• Worse Than Animal Housing
  New York Times Editorial
  May 17, 1996