CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Don't Forget Shelters' Role in Homelessness Crisis
Hannah Biskind |
Yes, solving the homelessness crisis will take more affordable housing and living-wage jobs. But it will also require a better shelter system.
Housing and Homelessness
Report: New Mayor Should Stop Re-Housing the Homeless
Diane Jeantet |
Some mayoral candidates want to restore programs that place homeless families in regular housing. But one think-tank believes those programs drive shelter demand.
Housing and Homelessness
Bloomberg's Homelessness Saga: Success. Failure. Now What?
Diane Jeantet |
The mayor aimed to significantly reduce the homeless shelter population. The opposite has happened. Now, there’s a lot more blame to go around than ideas on what to do next.
Housing and Homelessness
Debate Over Root of Shelter Surge, Mayor's Legacy
Diane Jeantet |
Some blame the collapse of a key housing program for high homeless numbers. Others say economic woes are still a factor.
Housing and Homelessness
As Homeless Numbers Rose, Clashes Over Policies
Diane Jeantet |
The city and advocates argued over a series of issues. But they mostly joined forces to defend a crucial state program torpedoed by the state.
Housing and Homelessness
Bloomberg's Homeless Plan Was Incredibly Ambitious
Diane Jeantet |
Produced in close concert with advocates, the mayor’s 2004 initiative aimed for a paradigm shift in how the city approached homelessness. And it aimed to achieve it in record time.
Housing and Homelessness
A Brief History of Homelessness in New York
Diane Jeantet |
The homeless have always been with us. But somewhere along the way they changed from an isolated population of alcoholic men to a visible problem affecting families with children.
Housing and Homelessness
The Men Who Ride the Homeless Bus
Gustavo Solis |
Neighbors of the M35’s 125th Street stop are frustrated by garbage and bad behavior they blame on men who use the bus to get to and from Ward’s Island. The guys on the bus have their own frustrations.
Bronx
Home and Away: A Timeline of Public Housing in the United States and New York City
Jarrett Murphy |
1934: Depression-era public works money is earmarked for public housing. The New York City Housing Authority is created. 1935: First Houses, the first public housing project in the United States, is dedicated on the Lower East Side. 1937: Housing act co-authored by Senator Robert Wagner of New York creates a permanent role for the federal government in promoting public housing. 1949: Congress calls for more public housing and “slum clearance” to redevelop urban areas.
Investigations
City Investigating Home for LGBT Youth
Adelyn Maldonado and Julio Palleiro |
Current and former residents of a group home for LGBT youth say physical abuse, sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement were common.
