Undercounting the Homeless Redux Posted on January 31, 2011 by Patrick Markee Tonight the City of New York will send volunteers out to “count” homeless people on the streets and in subways – a flawed effort that, year after year, has resulted in a significant undercount of New York City’s homeless population. Coa ..Read More
New York’s Number One Affordable Housing Issue This Year Posted on January 26, 2011 by Patrick Markee On June 15th rent laws protecting 2.5 million tenants are set to expire. And if the New York State Legislature and Governor Cuomo fail to renew and strengthen the rent laws, we could see a homelessness and housing crisis unlike any since the Great Depression. ..Read More
Back to the Bad Old Days Posted on January 21, 2011 by Patrick Markee The Bloomberg administration has plans to crowd hundreds of homeless men on an armory drill floor in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a dangerous step backwards to the bad old days of unsafe, overcrowded shelters. Yesterday the New York Times ..Read More
The Economics of Homelessness Posted on January 14, 2011 by Giselle Routhier The specific circumstances under which a family may become homeless are unique to the nearly 40,000 individuals that experience it every day in New York City. But there are common themes to the overarching problem, such as low wages, high rents, and joblessnes ..Read More
