Inocente Posted on August 17, 2012 Inocente Izucar is a formerly-homeless teenager living in San Diego. As a child Ms. Izucar moved more than 30 times in nine years — sleeping in crowded quarters beside her three younger brothers under one temporary roof after another, and sometimes even out ..Read More
Dreaming of a Life as Vivid as Her Art Posted on August 17, 2012 by ROBIN POGREBIN in New York Times ..Read More
Today’s Read: Story of the Mayor’s Indifference Posted on August 16, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Even as the Bloomberg administration continues to turn away families at the front door of the shelter system, the City has still managed to reach new record numbers in shelter. NY1 reports on the growing problem of record homelessness and the individual live ..Read More
Homeless Families Struggle To Find Shelter Posted on August 16, 2012 by Courtney Gross in NY1 ..Read More
Today’s Read: Students Living in Poverty Posted on August 15, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER New Department of Education data show that nearly 70 percent of all students in NYC come from poor households. Seventy percent! Moreover, 48 schools have a student poverty rate between 97 and 100 percent. There aren’t really appropriate words to describe t ..Read More
Today’s Read: Housing Court and Homeless Shelters Posted on August 14, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER “Recently, the line to get into Bronx housing court was a block long….” As a huge number of families face eviction, it’s hard to get a sense of the true scope of the problem. WNYC’s Cindy Rodriguez reports today on something we’ve known for a whi ..Read More
Today’s Read: Record Homelessness and New Shelters Posted on August 13, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Saturday’s New York Times highlighted a troubling consequence of New York’s failed homeless policies. By denying families access to permanent housing resources, the City is now forced to open new shelters to meet the increasing need. Newly-released data ..Read More
New York Acts Quickly Amid Sharp Rise in Homelessness Posted on August 11, 2012 by Aaron Edwards in New York Times ..Read More