Today’s Read: Mayor Vows to Give 7,000 Homeless Families Permanent Shelter Posted on May 11, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With more than 60,000 New Yorkers sleeping in homeless shelters every night, it is imperative that our elected leaders prioritize strategies to effectively combat the unprecedented crisis. Mayor de Blasio has taken another important step to try to meet the cha ..Read More
What If the Key to Ending Homelessness is Just That—a Key? Posted on May 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in TakePart The whole mess started around noon on a Sunday in March, when two homeless men on L.A.’s Skid Row got into some sort of spat. Something about a tent, or the location of a tent, or the contents of a tent. Typical Skid Row stuff, the kind of thing you can’t ..Read More
Richard Gere Discusses Homelessness at Montclair Film Festival Posted on May 11, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Montclair Times It’s Richard Gere as you’ve never seen him: He lets his movie-star looks go, sleeps in a bathtub, and even panhandles for spare change. Despite on-screen appearances, Gere’s real-life fortunes seem intact. This was a required transformation f ..Read More
Amid Housing Woes, Tenants Want a Voice Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Chronicle Jose Genao, 40, who lives on Denman Street in Elmhurst, had to put off surgery on his injured foot for nearly five months, waiting for his 7-story building’s elevator to be fixed. While the issue was resolved when ownership changed, he and his fellow tenants ..Read More
Happy Mother’s Day Posted on May 7, 2015 by Sarah Murphy This Mother’s Day, let’s take a minute to celebrate the incredible strength and resiliency of the nearly 20,000 mothers who are homeless tonight in New York City. Our new video features a few of New York City’s 25,000 homeless children with a ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless in New York City, an Unending Crisis Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City’s record homelessness deserves a coordinated, strong response from both the City and the State, not just empty words. Our elected leaders have decried the homelessness crisis while simultaneously failing to fully commit to supportive housing †..Read More
Valerie Posted on May 7, 2015 by Sarah Murphy This video featuring First Step graduate Valerie was shown at the Coalition for the Homeless’ 21st annual Women Mean Business Luncheon. ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio’s Budget Commits $100 Million to Combat Homelessness in New York Posted on May 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio began his Wednesday morning discussing income inequality on MSNBC and ended it with the publication of an op-ed in The Washington Post. In between, a largely sympathetic profile landed in Rolling Stone, outlining his push for a national pl ..Read More
Yes, It’s Possible to End Homelessness in The United States Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post Put the homeless in homes. Now. It’s a radically simple solution to the American homelessness crisis that boasts two big advantages: It happens to work, and it’s the type of rare idea that appeals to both sides of the political spectrum. ..Read More
