Advocates’ $4 Billion Plan Urges Cuomo to Fund More Supportive and Senior Housing Posted on December 10, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's New York Business A coalition of 10 affordable-housing groups laid out a $4 billion, five-year plan Thursday that was timed to pre-empt Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s annual State of the State speech next month. The proposal includes a request for Albany to fund the creation of 20,000 u ..Read More
Here’s More Proof That Giving Housing to Vets Prevents Homelessness Posted on December 11, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post As the deadline to end veteran homelessness fast approaches, additional research has proven that eliminating the issue lay in a simple approach: providing housing. Numerous studies have concluded that giving housing to homeless people is a cost-effective and s ..Read More
Utah Reduced Chronic Homelessness by 91 Percent; Here’s How Posted on December 10, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Now A decade ago, Utah set itself an ambitious goal: end chronic homelessness. As of 2015, the state can just about declare victory: The population of chronically homeless people has dropped by 91 percent. The state’s success story has generated headlines ar ..Read More
Queer Homeless Youth, Queer Activism in Transition Posted on December 10, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Slate Angel is 23 years old, of Mexican descent, and identifies as queer and genderqueer. Four years ago, Angel (who uses the pronouns they and them) was attending a community college on scholarship in Anaheim, California, near their hometown, and living with their ..Read More
NY Board Upholds $15 Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers Posted on December 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CBS New York A state oversight board has upheld New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration’s decision to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 for some fast-food workers. The New York Industrial Board of Appeals on Wednesday rejected the National Restaurant Associat ..Read More
City Council: How Many Homeless People are in New York? Posted on December 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The head of the City Council’s committee on homelessness pressed officials Wednesday for an accurate count of people living on the streets — and an explanation for why so many people think Mayor de Blasio has made the problem worse. “The narrative out th ..Read More
Stemming New York City’s ‘Inherited’ Homelessness Problem Posted on December 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC Steven Banks, commissioner of NYC’s Human Resources Administration and former head of the Legal Aid Society, talks about his department’s role in fighting New York City’s surge in homelessness. Banks points to the 2011 state-city decision to ..Read More
The State of Homelessness in America in 2015 Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NPR The number of homeless in America is going down, but in some cities there have been big increases leading some local leaders to declare states of emergencies. ..Read More
Hungry, Homeless and in College Posted on December 4, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Three months after starting college, Brooke Evans found herself without a place to live. She was 19. She slept in libraries, bathrooms and her car. She sold plasma and skipped meals. It was hard to focus or participate in class, and when her grades fell, her f ..Read More
