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A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

City Limits’ series on family homelessness in New York City is supported by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York and The Family Homelessness Coalition. City Limits is solely responsible for the content and editorial direction.

Education

New School Attendance Data Shows Steeper Drops for Students in Shelter, English Language Learners

By Jeanmarie Evelly | April 14, 2021

Data released recently by the Department of Education for January shows students living in the shelter system saw the most absences, with a monthly attendance rate of 75.7 percent compared to the citywide rate for all students, which was 89.2 percent.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Focus on Eradicating Child Homelessness

By Mirtha Santana and Erasma Beras-Monticciolo | April 14, 2021

‘New York State could receive $23 billion as part of the ARPA, representing a once-in-a-lifetime financial base to significantly reduce childhood homelessness, a condition that often sets up the cycle for homelessness as an adult.’

state budget

Opinion: Simple Policy Reforms Can Help Ease NYC’s Housing Affordability Crisis

By Bea de la Torre and Lorraine Collins | March 25, 2021

‘Our state and federal governments have a moral responsibility to go beyond emergency measures and implement systemic, long-term solutions that will direct more public resources to preventing eviction and homelessness.’

2021 election

In Confronting Family Homelessness, Candidates Asked to Think Beyond Housing

By Jarrett Murphy | March 4, 2021

Advocates believe the city won’t see meaningful reductions in the number of kids who grow up partly in homeless shelters until policies target the social mobility of women of color.

2021 election

What to Ask Mayoral Candidates Who Say They Can Solve NYC’s Housing Crisis

By Jarrett Murphy | March 1, 2021

Thirteen questions for the candidates, to separate meaty plans from mere paperwork.

Homelessness

Data Drop: Where the Homeless Children Are

By Jarrett Murphy | December 3, 2020

Only a third of the students who reported being homeless last school year were in the formal shelter system.

2020 election

More Than Long Lines: Barriers Homeless NYers Face When Voting

By Roshan Abraham | November 2, 2020

Advocacy groups are dispensing information, answering questions and offering rides to help unhoused New Yorkers exercise their rights.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

Why You Aren’t Homeless: How Privilege & Fortune Shape the Shelter Census

By David Brand | July 13, 2020

Sure, choices matter. But race, gender, wealth, health and identity play an outsized role in exposing New Yorkers to the risk of homelessness.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Sabrina Purdie

Calls for More Aftercare to Keep Homeless From Returning to Shelters

By David Brand | May 21, 2020

Advocates and providers say many more families need intensive ongoing support to avoid a return to shelter amid an historic homelessness crisis — even before the COVID-19 outbreak forced thousands of low-income breadwinners out of work.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
State Senate Chamber

Opinion: Home Stability Support Needed Now to Boost Rental Assistance Amid COVID-19

By Judi Kende | March 23, 2020

‘HSS would ensure that our state’s most vulnerable residents can continue to afford rent and remain in secure homes in these uncertain times and even after the current eviction moratorium ends.’

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