Can New York City Actually End Veteran Homelessness This Year? Posted on April 23, 2015 by Christopher Mathias in Huffington Post New York City is on track to reach its goal of ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, according to numbers from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office, a potentially remarkable achievement for a city with one of the largest homeless populations in the co ..Read More
The Homeless Man Who Works in the Senate Posted on April 22, 2015 by Catherine Rampell in The Washington Post In the basement of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, 63-year-old Charles Gladden works alongside some of the nation’s most powerful people. For eight years, he has greeted senators, staffers and lobbyists in the hallways and the cafeteria, at exclusive ban ..Read More
NYC Council Pushes Mayor to do More for the Homeless Posted on April 21, 2015 by Jonathan Lemire in Associated Press With New York City’s homelessness population reaching an all-time high, the City Council has urged Mayor Bill de Blasio to increase funding to programs aimed at keeping families off the city’s streets. ..Read More
Today’s Video: Record 42,000 Kids Slept in NYC Homeless Shelters Last Year Posted on April 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone When most people think about homelessness, they often picture men and women panhandling on street corners or sleeping on subway benches. The heartbreaking reality is that those we see struggling on the streets represent only a small portion of tens of thousand ..Read More
Can New York City End Homelessness by 2020? Posted on April 19, 2015 by Lane Anderson in The Chronicle-Independent The biggest city in America is known for bright lights and big money, but it’s also known for a problem that takes a little sheen off the Big Apple — homelessness. With 60,000 living in shelters, including 25,000 children, New York has reached its high ..Read More
Why it’s So Hard to Get Off Welfare Posted on April 16, 2015 by Paul Solman in PBS NewsHour Since 1996, in order to get welfare in the U.S., you have to work. The Clinton Welfare-to-Work program successfully got millions of families off the social safety net program. But today’s recipients face stagnant low wages and limited resources for job t ..Read More
Starting to Bring Homeless Kids in From the Cold Posted on April 16, 2015 by Brad Hoylman in The Villager Imagine sleeping on the streets this winter, one of the coldest on record. That’s been the bitter reality for hundreds of homeless children across New York State, who were turned away from shelters this year in record numbers because of overcrowding and forc ..Read More
More Pads for Homeless Women on Their Periods Posted on April 15, 2015 by Lisa De Bode in Al Jazeera America Donations of women’s hygiene products at a major New York City homeless shelter for the year so far are already five times higher than for all of 2014, thanks to increased awareness among donors about the enormous obstacles faced by homeless women on their p ..Read More
Criminalizing Homelessness: Ignoring a Basic Human Right Posted on April 13, 2015 by Amy Summer in Philly.com According to a 2014 report by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, laws criminalizing homelessness have been spreading rapidly across urban areas of the United States. They criminalize behaviors and conduct that are often necessary for unshel ..Read More
