Real Estate Shell Companies Scheme to Defraud Owners Out of Their Homes Posted on November 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Partially paralyzed and reliant on a wheelchair, Ozella Campbell spends a lot of time watching television. It was under those circumstances in February 2014 that she saw a commercial urging her to call MyHouseIsADump.com, a company that offered to buy houses i ..Read More
The Tragedy of Youth Homelessness, by the Numbers Posted on November 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's Children are the silent minority of New York’s homeless, but are slowly becoming a bigger portion of the population. According to new data, the portion of students without permanent homes continued to rise in 2014. 38% of the city’s homeless are ch ..Read More
New Research Reinforces Case for Restoring Lost Housing Vouchers Posted on November 3, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Two important new studies reinforce the already strong case for restoring the rest of the 100,000 Housing Choice Vouchers cut by the March 2013 sequestration and using a large share to reduce homelessness, as the President has proposed. Funding increases in 20 ..Read More
Sanctuary, Not Just Shelter: A New Type of Housing for the Homeless Posted on November 4, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NPR Ending homelessness isn’t just about finding a home. Sometimes, it’s about finding a nice home — a place that’s bright, modern and healthy to live in. That’s the idea fueling the development of a number of buildings around the country ..Read More
Paul Bettany Discusses Homelessness on The Tonight Show Posted on November 3, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NBC Paul Bettany discusses his new movie, “Shelter,” with Jimmy Fallon on NBC’s The Tonight Show on Tuesday, November 3. Bettany also explains ways to end the current homelessness crisis. ..Read More
Tide Starts to Turn Against the ‘Crime’ of Being Homeless Posted on November 3, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Now Work crews in Honolulu recently dismantled wooden shacks and tents that lined city streets and housed almost 300 people. It was the latest example of a city trying to deal with a growing homeless population, and responding to complaints that these encampments ..Read More
Bassett: Poverty, Not Lifestyles, to Blame for Poor Health Posted on November 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York New York City health commissioner Mary Bassett pushed back on the idea that lifestyle choices are the cause of poor health in minority communities. Bassett told bigthink.com that the problem is low-income New Yorkers have no choice, and suggestions that lifest ..Read More
Yet Another Place the Homeless Aren’t Welcome Posted on November 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post Did you know that it’s against the law in more than 50 U.S. cities to give food to a homeless person? That nearly half of our cities prohibit people from sleeping in cars (according to a report by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty)? And tha ..Read More
Advocates are Embracing a New First Step to Help the Homeless: Permanent Housing Posted on November 1, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in PRI Becky Kanis Margiotta was trying to help the homeless in Times Square, working for Breaking Ground. She was surrounded by dozens of other organizations within just a few blocks, all trying to solve the same problem. “Our original theory was, ‘Could you kni ..Read More
