“It Kind of Breaks You Down” Homeless Families and Kids Trying to Survive in One of America’s Richest Cities Posted on July 6, 2015 by Tana Ganeva in Alternet Kewanee Colbert has a full-time job prepping food for one of those fancy gourmet meal delivery services that are booming in New York and other cities. Still, he lives in a Bronx shelter for homeless families with his fiancée and three kids, ages 2, 4, and 7 ..Read More
Albany Lawmakers Push for 35,000 New Housing Units to Fight Homelessness Posted on July 9, 2015 by Glenn Blain 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 Katie Johnston 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
Today’s Read: How to Slash the Amount of Money Spent on Homelessness Posted on July 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Permanent supportive housing isn’t some untested theory of how to combat chronic homelessness – it’s a real solution that gives hope to the most vulnerable members of society while saving taxpayers significant amounts of money. Since the signing of the f ..Read More
To Slash the Amount of Money Spent on Homelessness, Just Give Homes Away Posted on July 9, 2015 by Susan Campbell 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
Lead The Call Posted on July 8, 2015 As the number of the homeless men, women and children we see suffering on our streets every day continues to grow, the Mayor and the Governor must take the only rational action: committing to the proven and cost effective solution of building more supportive h ..Read More
HUD Report Says Housing Vouchers Best Type of Assistance Posted on July 7, 2015 by The Associated Press 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 Rebecca Davis O'Brien 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 Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley 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
