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After homelessness soared during Bill de Blasio’s first year in office, the city last month saw its biggest drop in the family shelter population in nearly four years. But there’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Feb 2015

Opinion

Is the End in Sight for Veteran Homelessness in NYC?

New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, an incredible achievement for a city that in 2012 had the…

ByTori Lyon 1Comment

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness

After the Shouting, Do Shelters and Supportive Housing Harm Neighborhoods?

In neighborhoods after neighborhood, plans to build shelters or supportive housing attract protests from residents worried about crime, disruption and reduced property values. When the protests end and the facilities…

ByJarrett Murphy 11Comments

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Feb 2015

Uncategorized

Cold Hits City, and So Does Coat Shortage

New York Cares is out of coats after distributing the last of its 75,000 stock on Feb. 6.

ByDamian Geminder 3Comments

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Feb 2015

Opinion

City Must Give Homeless Families Access to Childcare

New York City has a high-quality childcare program called EarlyLearn. New York City has a large population of working families with young children in its homeless shelters. Why is it…

ByKendra Hurley and Abigail Kramer 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Neighborhood Sees Growing Problem of Senior-Citizen Evictions

The federal government’s failure to maintain the value of rent subsidies is one reason why older New Yorkers increasingly end up in homeless shelters or on friends’ couches.

ByLena Masri 2Comments

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Dec 2014

In Depth

UrbaNERD: Are Gentrification Fears Overblown?

New research suggests high poverty is a bigger threat to cities. More on that, shoddy charter school finances, tuition assistance that falls short, a vulnerable neighborhood and a new Census…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Few Safeguards Against Abuse by Homeless Shelter Guards

The city’s homeless services system does little to track complaints by shelter residents about abuse and mistreatment at the hands of security guards.

ByBen Hattem 7Comments

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Oct 2014

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

My First Term at Homeless University

A homeless woman decides to think of her time in the city’s shelter system as the kind of multifaceted learning experience for which some of us pay $30,000 a year.

ByMelanie Lee 0Comments

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Sep 2014

Housing and Homelessness Opinion