homeless

The Saratoga Springs City Council has approved leasing out a former senior center, but not without some community concerns.

New arrivals could end up on a waiting list

The Oneonta Common Council this week approved a plan by Mayor Mark Drnek to address the growing population of unsheltered individuals within the Otsego County city, illicit drug use, and petty crimes – problems the Democrat says were made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advocates lobby for tenant protections, funding sources for affordable housing construction

Founded in 1983, Joseph’s House and Shelter in Troy, NY is a community-based, not for profit corporation that provides a continuum of homeless services to residents of the Capital Region.

City signs option to purchase former First Baptist Church

Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities; allowing us all to fall into place. Falling Into Place is supported by The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation, Providing a helping hand to turn inspiration into accomplishment. See more possibilities … see more promise… see more progress.This week we focus on Joseph’s House and Shelter in Troy, NY and speak with their Executive Director – Kevin O’Connor.

Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities; allowing us all to fall into place. Falling Into Place is supported by The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation, Providing a helping hand to turn inspiration into accomplishment. See more possibilities … see more promise… see more progress. This week we focus on IPH and speak with Deputy Director Kristen Giroux and Assistant Director of Development Eric Guzman.

The book "Struggling in the Land of Plenty" analyzes the appalling conditions under which homeless women and children live, the violence endemic to their lives, the role of the welfare state in perpetrating poverty, and their never-ending struggle for survival. Based on a four-year ethnographic study, Anne R. Roschelle examines how socially structured race, class, and gender inequality contributed to the rise in family homelessness and the devastating consequences for parents and their children.

On today’s 51%, the second part of a series on human trafficking and unhoused youth. We’ll speak with a young woman who became unhoused and sought help…