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
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
Homeless in New York City, an Unending Crisis Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The crisis of homelessness that ballooned under Mayor Michael Bloomberg shows no signs of deflating anytime soon under his successor, Bill de Blasio. Nearly 57,000 people were sleeping in city shelters at last count, 24,000 of them children. It was a disaster ..Read More
De Blasio Pushes for New Rent Stabilization Protections Posted on May 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist With New York City’s rent stabilization laws set to expire in just over a month, Mayor de Blasio has proposed three reforms that he hopes will both stop the city’s pool of one-million rent stabilized apartments from shrinking, and slow rent increas ..Read More
De Blasio’s Homeless Shelter Crisis Posted on May 4, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News For a mayor seeking to make “de Blasio” synonymous with salvation for the poor, no cause burns as fiercely as helping the city’s homeless — an astonishing 56,854 souls in the most recent count, including nearly 24,000 children. “We cannot let chi ..Read More
Advocates Demand More Public Housing Apartments be Given to Homeless Families Posted on April 29, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Homeless advocacy group Homes For Every New Yorker (HFENY) released a report yesterday urging Mayor de Blasio to set aside 2,500 New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) apartments for homeless families. The city currently sets aside a minimum of 750 NYCHA apar ..Read More
