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Homelessness

  1. migrant crisis
    ‘They’re Gonna Hang Out in Whole Foods’A Monday night with the residents fighting a proposed shelter for migrants in Gowanus.
    By Clio Chang
  2. the housing crisis
    It’s Going to Be a Long Winter at Floyd Bennett FieldFamilies who weathered this week’s storms are worried about what happens when it snows.
    By Luis Feliz Leon
  3. the city politic
    10 New York Charities Worth Supporting on Giving TuesdayFrom aiding recently arrived migrants to fighting hunger to treating victims of the Israel-Hamas war, these organizations are making a difference.
    By Errol Louis
  4. right to shelter
    ‘We Can’t Sleep Because of the Worry’Overnight at the Roosevelt Hotel, where hundreds of migrants are still waiting for somewhere to go.
    By Luis Feliz Leon
  5. crime
    The Man Who Killed Jordan Neely Has Been IndictedClearing the way for Daniel Penny’s criminal trial.
    By Angelina Chapin
  6. migrant crisis
    ‘I Was Told to Say This and That, or Be Quiet.’Talking to two men who say they were recruited to pose as homeless veterans displaced by migrants.
    By Bridget Read
  7. power
    The Cost of White DiscomfortA train full of people who would rather look away, in a city whose leaders already had, saw Jordan Neely’s plea for help as an attack.
    By Brittany Packnett Cunningham
  8. first person
    The Invisibility I FearedI was caught before I fell through to the streets. Jordan Neely wasn’t so fortunate.
    By Kaitlin Byrd
  9. power
    ‘I Would Like Everyone to Pretend That Was Their Son’AOC on Jordan Neely’s killing and who gets to feel safe in New York.
    By Angelina Chapin
  10. crime
    The Outrage Over Jordan Neely’s Killing Isn’t Going AwayThe ex-Marine who choked him to death has finally been identified, but it’s still not clear if he will face charges.
    By Matt Stieb and Paula Aceves
  11. the city politic
    Jordan Neely Was Already DeadNew York reckons with a homeless epidemic and a killing.
    By Errol Louis
  12. diary of a hospital
    Eric Adams’s Plan to Commit the Homeless Has Little Meaning in the ERPeople who are unhoused already use the city’s hospitals all the time.
    By Lisa Miller
  13. street view
    Two Supportive-Housing Projects Make the Case for Building Many MoreThey’re cheaper than the alternatives, acceptable to the neighbors, and successful among people who were living on the street.
    By Justin Davidson
  14. hotels
    Did New York Miss Its Moment To Turn Hotels Into Housing?“It’s hard to look at the timing of these programs and say that it was treated as an emergency.”
    By Bridget Read
  15. hotels
    ‘I Know That I’m Living This Cinderella Life’The city’s closure of emergency hotels leaves former inmates scrambling to find housing by the New Year.
    By Annie Grossinger
  16. the city politic
    Eric Adams Has a Goal on Mental Illness — But He Needs a PlanHe wants to involuntarily hospitalize those with the most serious problems. Does he understand the challenges he’ll face?
    By Errol Louis
  17. just asking questions
    How Frighteningly Strong Meth Has Supercharged HomelessnessJournalist Sam Quinones on the radically transformed picture of drug addiction in America.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. the city politic
    New York’s Leaders Are Sleeping Through a Housing EmergencyThe political response should reflect the size and speed of the worsening crisis. It hasn’t even come close.
    By Errol Louis
  19. the unhoused
    Trump’s Grotesque Plan to ‘End Homelessness’ Is Already Mainstream PolicyAmong plenty of Democrats, too.
    By Alissa Walker
  20. our mayor
    Eric Adams Tracks Homeless Encampments on a Google DocIt’s his “system,” and he gets mad when police don’t use it.
    By Clio Chang
  21. the unhoused
    The Homeless Shelter Bearing Alex Trebek’s Name Is Finally OpenThe Jeopardy! host was a generous and outspoken advocate for more housing.
    By Alissa Walker
  22. our mayor
    Mayor’s Office Proposes Emailing Your Landlord to Solve Housing DiscriminationJust ask them nicely.
    By Clio Chang
  23. the city politic
    Eric Adams Says He’s ‘Getting Stuff Done.’ What Stuff?After 100 days in office, the mayor has made little progress delivering on his campaign promises — and some seem to have been forgotten entirely.
    By Errol Louis
  24. the unhoused
    The 8-Hour Standoff Against a Homeless-Encampment Sweep in the East VillageSeven people were arrested after protesting the removal of the tents near Tompkins Square Park.
    By Sam Russek
  25. housing
    The Cruel Theater of Encampment SweepsAdams’s task force cleared hundreds of sites. Five people accepted a bed.
    By Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
  26. bing bong
    Does This Man Ever Stop Thinking About Vegetables?Mayor Eric Adams says he is like broccoli, but he is wrong.
    By Claire Lampen
  27. crime
    What Made the ‘MoMA Stabber’ Snap?And why do so many people want the reason to be homelessness?
    By Bridget Read
  28. homelessness
    The Oakland Tiny-Home Fire Raises Bigger Questions About Homeless HousingAdvocates and residents are asking about the safety and long-term feasibility of these unconventional shelters.
    By Alissa Walker
  29. the city politic
    Eric Adams Isn’t Off to a Great Start on Public SafetyAs Adams nears 100 days in office, there’s already good reason to wonder if the results of his public safety strategy will ever match his rhetoric.
    By Errol Louis
  30. crime
    Suspect Arrested in Shootings of Unhoused Men in NYC and D.C.Law-enforcement officers in D.C. arrested a suspect on Tuesday morning, following an extensive search.
    By Nia Prater
  31. shelters
    There’s Only One Church Shelter That’s Reopened This WinterDozens of other faith-based shelters remain closed.
    By Luke Cregan
  32. 2022 midterms
    Can Nicholas Kristof Actually Win the Oregon Governor’s Race?The short answer is maybe. As a progressive outsider, he might be able to exploit a leadership vacuum in his native state.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. assessment
    Can Eric Adams Really Turn 25,000 Hotel Rooms Into Affordable Housing?Even after all the past year’s closures, that’s a lot of real estate.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  34. black beauty matters
    The Los Angeles Woman Bringing Beauty to the HomelessGetting to know Beauty 2 the Streetz founder Shirley Raines.
    By Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo
  35. the unhoused
    Shelters Were Supposed to Get Better Air Circulation This Year. They Didn’t.“Ventilation? What ventilation? … Where we’re sleeping at, there’s nothing.”
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  36. homelessness
    The City Is Finally Giving Homeless New Yorkers Enough Money for RentThe voucher program’s long-overdue boost comes months ahead of schedule.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  37. politics
    Congress Considers Emergency Eviction Moratorium As CDC Authority LapsesBiden dithered about his legal authority to keep evictions frozen, and now the deadline is here — though some states are acting on their own.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. beach house
    Even a Starchitect’s Homeless Housing Project Won’t Sway Venice Beach NIMBYs“What they are working towards is a de facto gated beach community.”
    By Alissa Walker
  39. housing
    25 Men Lock Themselves in Hotel Rooms, Refusing Transfer to Homeless Shelter“I got very severe asthma, and I don’t wanna be in a dorm setting with 30 homeless men that I don’t know.”
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  40. living small
    It’s Time for New York City to Bring Back SROsA solution to high rents, empty hotels, and the homelessness crisis.
    By Karrie Jacobs
  41. housing
    The Homeless-to-Hotels Program Is Ending, and Nobody’s ReadyAdvocates fear mass eviction; hoteliers say their businesses are still in crisis.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  42. homelessness
    NYC’s Annual Homeless Count Says the Numbers Are Way Down. It’s Probably Wrong.Advocates say the subway shutdown and increased police sweeps likely threw off the numbers.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  43. housing
    L.A. Built a Tiny-House Village for the Homeless. Some Aren’t So Sure About It.The city’s good intentions come with restrictions and, possibly, an ulterior motive.
    By Alissa Walker
  44. public space
    Last Night in Echo ParkOn the scene as the LAPD evicted an enormous community of unhoused residents from the shore of Echo Park Lake.
    By Alissa Walker
  45. ideas
    Social Workers Instead of Police? Denver’s 911 Experiment Is a Promising StartSix months into a pilot program that deploys squads of caregivers in place of cops, there are signs of success.
    By Alissa Walker
  46. housing politics
    Austin Experiments With Moving Police Dollars to Homeless HousingThe city council has bought one hotel and plans to purchase another this week.
    By Alissa Walker
  47. power
    Locked Out of Remote SchoolIn shelters without Wi-Fi, homeless kids can’t even get online for class.
    By Bridget Read
  48. encounter
    Theo Henderson Influences L.A. City Policy. For 7 Years, He’s Lived in the Park.His podcast, We the Unhoused, is made from wherever he can charge up his phone.
    By Alissa Walker
  49. neighborhoods
    When NIMBY Met MAGA on the Upper West SideA group of liberal residents wanted to oust hundreds of homeless men from a local hotel. Then Tucker Carlson took up their cause.
    By Miriam Elder
  50. power
    HUD Proposal Cuts Protections for Unhoused Trans PeopleIt would allow federally funded, same-sex homeless shelters to make admission determinations based on biological sex.
    By Claire Lampen
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