Black Families Greatly Over represented Among U.S. Homeless Posted on March 5, 2012 by Demali Kenya in PRNewswire ..Read More
This Week in Poverty: Hunger – Where We Are, Where We Need to Be Posted on March 2, 2012 by Demali Kenya in The Nation ..Read More
Remembering Anna Lou Dehavenon Posted on March 1, 2012 by PATRICK MARKEE This week New York lost a genuinely remarkable woman, Anna Lou Dehavenon, who documented the lives of homeless children and families with passion, sympathy, and a never-failing eye for social injustice. Anna Lou, who was 85, passed away Tuesday after years of ..Read More
Without Internet, Urban Poor Fear Being Left Behind in Digital Age Posted on March 1, 2012 by Demali Kenya in Huffington Post ..Read More
Rare Sympathy for the Landlord Posted on February 27, 2012 by Demali Kenya in New York Times ..Read More
Mayor Bloomberg’s Failed Homeless Policies Are Affecting Landlords Too Posted on February 27, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER In her New York Times column this week, Ginia Bellafante highlights the secondary effects of Mayor Bloomberg’s failed homeless policies– the impact on small landlords. “So rarely a figure of sympathy in the lore of New York, the landlord ha ..Read More
Department of Homeless Services Creates Fund to Aid Those Needing Section 8 Vouchers Posted on February 25, 2012 by Demali Kenya in DNAinfo ..Read More
As Rental Subsidies for Families End, Time in Shelter Grows Posted on February 23, 2012 by Demali Kenya in Independent Budget Office ..Read More
Unhinged from Reality: Mayor Bloomberg Defends His Shelter Denial Plan Posted on February 23, 2012 by PATRICK MARKEE The premise behind Mayor Bloomberg’s shelter denial plan — which was fortunately blocked by a New York State Supreme Court ruling this week — has always been more than a little far-fetched and absurd. Since November, Bloomberg administratio ..Read More