Low-Income Renters Become New Homeowners Through Newark Program
On Tuesday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Newark honored four low-income renters chosen by housing lottery to become first-time homeowners.
Housing
Advocates Push Back After City Cuts Down Trees to Block Unhoused Residents Seeking Shelter
Advocates for the homeless in Lakewood, New Jersey contend that cutting down trees doesn’t address the root issue of homelessness.
Activist Shams DaBaron on Fixing NYC’s Shelter System
Activist Shams DaBaron, a.k.a. Da Homeless Hero, is all too familiar with the danger and hardship of living on the streets
The Bridge Project Offers Cash Grants to Assist Low-Income Single Mothers in New York City
New initiative in New York is helping newborn single mothers to improve the early childhood development of children from low-income households
New Transitional Shelter Opens in Newark
Newark officials are celebrating the official opening of the Miller Street Pathways to Housing Center. The 24,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will serve as a shelter for residents who don’t have a permanent address.
“Owned: A Tale of Two Americas” Explores Discriminatory Housing Policy
Independent Lens Film "Owned: A Tale of Two Americas," explores the many ways housing policy discriminates people of color from buying home.
“A Reckoning in Boston” Takes a Look at Racist Policy, Gentrification and Redlining in the Black Urban Community Of Boston
The director of "A Reckoning in Boston," James Rutenbeck, and two lifelong Bostonians talk with our partners at MetroFocus to discuss how racist policies are throwing up fresh barriers for Black residents in cities across America.
NJ’s Point-in-Time Count May Provide the HomeFront Program More Funding To Help the Homeless
Many social service organizations across the state took part in a point-in-time survey last Wednesday to count the homeless population and others at risk.
Magnolia Mother’s Trust is The Private Financial Assistance Program Helping Single Mothers in Mississippi
In 2021, over 30% of families in the U.S. headed by Black mothers lived below the poverty line. Magnolia Mother’s Trust is trying to address this problem with monthly stipends.
“Invisible Child:” the Life of a Homeless Family in NYC
Andrea Elliott, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, talks to our partners from Amanpour & Company about her latest book “Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City.”