Albany Lawmakers Push for 35,000 New Housing Units to Fight Homelessness Posted on July 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News A bipartisan group of 133 state Assembly members is urging Gov. Cuomo to develop 35,000 units of supportive housing across the state to combat homelessness. The group sent a letter to Cuomo Thursday asking him to commit to develop the new housing — including ..Read More
In Homelessness Fight, Study Finds Section 8 Pays Off Posted on July 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Boston Globe Section 8 , the oft-maligned housing subsidy program, is more effective at lifting families out of homelessness than temporary assistance programs that carry roughly the same or higher costs, according to a study. The study, conducted for the US Department of ..Read More
To Slash the Amount of Money Spent on Homelessness, Just Give Homes Away Posted on July 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Guardian Last February, the coldest on record for the state of Connecticut, Jack Jakups and his girlfriend, Shannon McLaughlin, lived in a tent on the banks of the Connecticut River in Hartford. At night, they burrowed beneath piles of blankets with their dog, Cookie. ..Read More
HUD Report Says Housing Vouchers Best Type of Assistance Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The most reliable method in the fight to end homelessness is housing vouchers, a Department of Housing and Urban Development report released Tuesday found. The study examined homeless families in emergency shelters in 12 U.S. cities to find out how they respon ..Read More
NYC to Eliminate Cash Bail for Some Defendants Posted on July 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal Thousands of people awaiting trial in New York City for some low-level offenses will be released to community supervision programs rather than detained in jails under an initiative to be announced Wednesday eliminating cash bail for certain defendants. The $17 ..Read More
Free Mental Safe Houses Open in New York City Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CNN A new program is taking an innovative approach to helping New York adults with mental health issues and those who may be on the brink of a psychiatric crisis. Parachute NYC, a federally funded project more than two years in the making, has created respite cent ..Read More
The Final Push to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York Communities throughout the state, spurred by an Obama administration goal set in 2010, are working to eliminate veteran homelessness in New York by the end of the year. Last year, first lady Michelle Obama, as part of the nationwide effort, announced the Mayor ..Read More
Oren Moverman Talks Homelessness, Realism in Richard Gere’s ‘Time Out of Mind’ Posted on July 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood writer-director insists most Americans, squeezed financially, consider the homeless failures and look right through them as passers-by. Oren Moverman isn’t bothered his latest movie Time Out of Mind has been criticized for too little backst ..Read More
For Homeless Families, Quick Exit From Shelters is Only a Temporary Fix Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NPR More than 150,000 U.S. families are homeless each year. The number has been going down, in part because of a program known as rapid rehousing, which quickly moves families out of shelters and into homes. But new research by the Obama administration finds that ..Read More
