Jeff Foreman, Author at City Limits

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Let’s ask the candidates a series of tough questions, ending with: ‘What is your plan to end the New York City homelessness crisis in years, not decades?’

ByJeff Foreman 5 minRead time

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
Obama’s Ambitious Homelessness Plan is Totally Doomed, Totally Doable

The president’s 2017 budget proposal includes a proposal to end child homelessness. The proposal will go nowhere—even though it’s entirely doable and cheaper than what we are doing now.

ByJeff Foreman 5 minRead time

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Aug 2015

Opinion

Are There More Homeless People in New York City?

A veteran advocate digs through the available statistics to find a fuzzy answer on how many homeless there are, let alone whether their numbers are increasing.

ByJeff Foreman 9 minRead time

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Oct 2014

Economy Opinion

Political Inertia Protects Flawed Poverty Measure

Everyone knows the federal poverty measure is inaccurate. But change would create winners and losers among the states, so Congress is unlikely to demand a better one.

ByJeff Foreman 8 minRead time

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Sep 2014

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Hostile Laws, Hateful Acts Bolster Stigma Against Homeless

From poor doors to subway arrests to demonstrations outside a hotel in Queens, the poor and homeless face a broad menu of stigmatization.

ByJeff Foreman 9 minRead time

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Mar 2014

Economy Government In Depth Justice Opinion

Budget Must Address Low Wages of Social Service Workers

For six years, the lowest paid human-service workers in New York State have not had a cost of living adjustment, meaning their real wages have shrunk by nearly 12 percent.…

ByJeff Foreman 9 minRead time

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Nov 2013

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Wringing Lessons Out of the Strand's Soaking of Homeless

The episode and the web comments it generated revealed how easy it is to dehumanize people living on the streets. There are alternatives to cold water when stores need to…

ByJeff Foreman 7 minRead time

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Oct 2013

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Let's Treat Housing as a Health Issue

Homelessness exacerbates chronic conditions, reduces life expectancy and raises medical costs. Public policies ought to reflect that reality.

ByJeff Foreman 9 minRead time

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Aug 2013

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

No Place to Live, But Still a Right to Vote

An effort to register homeless people for the 2013 election encountered dozens who thought they had lost their right to vote, and some who thought they’d lost it forever.

ByJeff Foreman 5 minRead time

Jeff Foreman

CityViews: Election ’17 Shouldn’t Be Another Campaign That Doesn’t Talk About Ending Homelessness

CityViews:
Obama’s Ambitious Homelessness Plan is Totally Doomed, Totally Doable

Are There More Homeless People in New York City?

Political Inertia Protects Flawed Poverty Measure

Hostile Laws, Hateful Acts Bolster Stigma Against Homeless

Budget Must Address Low Wages of Social Service Workers

Wringing Lessons Out of the Strand's Soaking of Homeless

Let's Treat Housing as a Health Issue

No Place to Live, But Still a Right to Vote

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