The most cited reason for homelessness in Buffalo and Erie County is lack of affordable housing. This is not isolated to Buffalo. Cities around the country face affordable housing crises. In New York City, someone working at minimum wage would need 3.4 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent. In [...]
Archive for July, 2007
“We never had this problem before Hurricane Katrina”: The Crime of Being without a Home
Posted in affordable housing, chronic homelessness, criminalization on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the kick-off of the Homeless Alliance of Western New York’s media watch and commentary blog.
In an effort to fulfill our mission of “facilitating dialogue and strategic action to end homelessness”, the Homeless Alliance will publish this blog regularly to provide links to homelessness-related stories in the media that are shaping public dialogue – [...]