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Nearly 12 percent of the shelter population lives in hotel rooms. The arrangement is faulted for its cost and impact, but with 60,000 homeless, a ‘cluster-site’ program under fire and…

ByTobias Salinger 10Comments

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Nov 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Defeating AIDS Requires Ending Homelessness

‘There exists a moral obligation to help the most vulnerable and afflicted populations in our society. This entails prioritizing housing for those in need, including individuals living with and affected…

ByKelsey Louie 0Comments

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Sep 2016

Uncategorized

City Views: Homeless Shelter Opponents Pick the Wrong Target

‘Rather than demanding that the city site shelters anywhere but in their backyards, protesters should direct their passion toward urging our elected leaders to provide the only proven solution to…

ByGiselle Routhier 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Success and Struggles Point to a Better Way to Help NYC’s Chronically Homeless

Supportive housing works. But some works better than the rest. Providers are using their experiences during the first 26 years of supportive housing construction to refine their model as a…

ByLukas Vrbka 1Comment

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Jul 2016

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Project Renewal Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Renewal Farm

The campaign aims to increase Renewal Farm’s acreage by 50 percent, giving men in recovery more therapeutic work experience and increasing the amount of fresh, organic produce that the Farm…

Byanatgersteininc 0Comments

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Jul 2016

Housing and Homelessness Video

Video: Advocates Critique City, State on Homeless Policy

After a year that saw major changes, what is the primary obstacle to more progress? (Hint: It has a population of 98,000 and rhymes with “Mallbany.”)

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Podcasts

Max & Murphy on Housing: State Promises and City Progress on Homelessness

Coalition for the Homeless officials Mary Brosnahan and Shelly Nortz on the fate of supportive housing in the 2017 state budget, the city’s move to restructure how homeless services are…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Government

Acting Out Their Demands, Advocates Take the Stage to Influence NYC Policy

Advocates using Theater of the Oppressed techniques are turning an empowerment tool developed in South America in the 1970s to homeless policy issues, with HUD and City Councilmembers in the…

ByJarrett Lyons 1Comment

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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness

What’s Behind the Rise in City Homeless Shelter Numbers?

The rising shelter census reflects neither the success nor failure of the de Blasio administration’s approach, but rather a complex mix of promising new policies, lagging efforts and powerful market…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Feb 2016

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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 0Comments

Who’s Afraid of NYC’s Homeless Hotels?

CityViews: Defeating AIDS Requires Ending Homelessness

City Views: Homeless Shelter Opponents Pick the Wrong Target

Success and Struggles Point to a Better Way to Help NYC’s Chronically Homeless

Project Renewal Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Renewal Farm

Video: Advocates Critique City, State on Homeless Policy

Max & Murphy on Housing: State Promises and City Progress on Homelessness

Acting Out Their Demands, Advocates Take the Stage to Influence NYC Policy

What’s Behind the Rise in City Homeless Shelter Numbers?

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

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