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Homelessness

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. homelessness
    Trump Trolls Homeless People in CaliforniaAs he rolled through California collecting campaign contributions, the president blamed Democrats for homelessness, and the homeless for pollution.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. california
    California Bets That Progressive Policies Will Reinforce Economic GrowthTrump & Co. can conflate conservative policies and economic growth all they want; California’s doing fine going in a very different direction.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. housing
    Governor Newsom Takes Aim at California’s NIMBYismThe new California governor is quickly showing his seriousness about addressing the state’s affordable housing crisis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Californians Will Be Voting on a Wild Array of Ballot Initiatives in NovemberFrom repeal of a controversial gas-tax increase to a mandate for cage-free eggs, other issues will compete with candidates for money and attention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Fire That Burned Through Bel-Air Started at a Nearby Homeless EncampmentHidden under an overpass, a homeless encampment near one of L.A.’s wealthiest neighborhoods sparked a massive blaze last week.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  11. from the archives
    What New York’s Homelessness Crisis Looked Like in the 1980sAs institutions closed and pushed thousands of people onto the streets, the desire to help them evolved into a fearful wariness.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  12. homelessness
    Why It’s So Hard to Stop Being Homeless in New YorkThe city spends $1.2 billion a year on homelessness. Yet the crisis only gets worse. Eight homeless New Yorkers explain why.
    By DW Gibson
  13. Trump Mulls Cutting Billions From Public Housing to Fund Larger MilitaryThe proposed budget would slash all funding for community development and drastically reduce rental assistance to the poor.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. bill de blasio’s new york
    Mayor de Blasio to Propose 90 New Homeless SheltersRenewed attempts to stem the very public homelessness crisis.
    By Jen Kirby
  15. New York City’s Homeless Population Is About to Hit 60,000The de Blasio administration insists that without its assistance programs, the numbers would be even worse.
    By Jonah Shepp
  16. This Man Transformed a $5,000 Truck Into Mobile Showers for the HomelessIt serves 60 people every day.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  17. select all
    Another Tech Bro, Another Bad Blog PostThe real victims of homelessness: entrepreneurs.
    By Brian Feldman
  18. city politic
    Cuomo Executive Order Forces Homeless Indoors in Freezing WeatherThough that may be illegal.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. job changes
    Another Official Working on Homelessness in NYC Is Stepping DownDeputy Mayor Lilliam Barrios-Paoli left the de Blasio administration a few months ago.
    By Jaime Fuller
  20. De Blasio Announces a Nearly $3 Billion Plan to Help Homeless PeopleThe program will focus on providing housing and social services to help people get out of the shelter system.
    By Jen Kirby
  21. homelessness
    De Blasio: NYC Won’t Go Back to ‘Bad Old Days’A roundup of de Blasio’s reaction to the homeless problem this summer — and his critics’ reactions to his reaction. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  22. new york’s finest
    NYPD Union Encourages Cops to Spend Free Time Photographing Homeless People “Peek-a-Boo, We See You!”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. neighborhood news
    Queens Residents Encourage Their Kids to Shame Homeless PeopleThere are better ways to protest.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. sad things
    NYPD Evicts Homeless Man Living in the Manhattan BridgeThough they’ve also promised to help him.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  25. homelessness
    People Are Literally Living Down Under the Manhattan Bridge OverpassThe sad story gives DUMBO a whole new meaning.
    By Delia Paunescu
  26. bill de blasio’s new york
    Number of Families in Shelters Rose in January53,615 people stayed overnight in city facilities.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  27. homelessness
    Children Leaving Disgusting Homeless SheltersDasani’s story led to action.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  28. stand clear of the closing doors
    Homeless People Asked Nicely to Leave SubwayThey won’t be forced to, just strongly encouraged.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  29. bill de blasio’s new york
    De Blasio to Host ‘Invisible’ Homeless Mother at InaugurationThe subject of the New York Times’ shelter exposé has been invited to De Blasio’s swearing-in.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  30. stunts
    City Councilman Got Pneumonia Living As a Homeless ManRuben Wills had to cut his experiment short.
    By Adam Martin
  31. the third terminator
    Bloomberg on Dasani: ‘That’s the Way God Works’ “This kid was dealt a bad hand,” he said. “I don’t know quite why.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. the worst
    New York Post Suggests Homeless Shelters Are Just Too NiceCalls the Times’ recent expose “hooey.”
    By Adam Martin
  33. sad things
    U.S. Homelessness Is Down, But Not in New YorkAccording to a one-night H.U.D. survey.
    By Adam Martin
  34. jerks
    Hawaii Lawmaker to Stop Smashing Shopping Carts“I guess I shouldn’t use the sledgehammer because it’s a really loaded image.”
    By Dan Amira
  35. hurricane sandy
    One Year After Hurricane Sandy, Meet the Families That Are Still HomelessAccording to aid groups, at least 22,000 households are still displaced.
    By Colin Moynihan, Clint Rainey, and Jada Yuan
  36. sad things
    More Homeless People Went Underground This Winter The number of people sleeping on the subways rose by 13 percent.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  37. the third terminator
    Mayor Bloomberg Warns of ‘Uprising’ Over Cost of Homeless Shelters“The public at some point is going to say to their elected officials: ‘I don’t want to pay anymore.’”
    By Dan Amira
  38. things that make us sad
    New York Homeless Shelters Had a Banner WinterMaybe that’s why Bloomberg doesn’t see them.
    By Adam Martin
  39. white men with money
    Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t See Any Homeless People, What Are You Talking About?“Nobody’s sleeping on the streets.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. happy things
    Homeless Boot Recipient Stashed His New FootwearHe’s not sure what to think of all this attention.
    By Adam Martin
  41. hurricane sandy
    Hurricane Sandy Homeless Getting ColdWith winter comes the need for a long-term solution.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  42. sad things
    NYC Needs More Homeless Shelters ASAPThe Bloomberg administration plans to open five more by the year’s end.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. sad things
    Homeless Man in Times Square Crutch Fight Needs New Crutches:(
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. the third terminator
    Mayor Bloomberg Says People Stay Homeless Because the Shelters Are So Damn NiceOh, and maybe the economy — that, too.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. technology
    America Isn’t Quite Ready to Use Homeless People As WiFi HotspotsRight?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  46. the third terminator
    New Homeless Shelter Rules Nixed by JudgeIndividual adults will not have to prove their homelessness just yet.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. the third terminator
    NYC Wants Single Adults Out of Homeless SheltersCity Council is fighting Bloomberg on a new proposal.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. occupy wall street
    More and More Homeless People Are Sleeping at Occupy Wall Street SitesLines are blurring between demonstrators and vagrant populations.
    By Noreen Malone
  49. education
    There’s Been a Surge in Homeless New York City StudentsThe number quadrupled in just two years.
    By Noreen Malone
  50. homelessness
    NYC to Begin Collecting Rent From Homeless With JobsShelter residents would owe up to 44 percent of their income in first year of program.
    By Josh Duboff