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Archive for October, 2007

Buffalo News Series on Poverty

Posted in Buffalo, Erie County, affordable housing, children, economic justice, federal policy, food stamps, health care, help, homeless, homelessness, living wage, misconceptions, policy, poverty, transportation, welfare, women on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In response to the announcement made on this past August that Buffalo is the 2nd poorest city in the nation, the Buffalo News has begun a series on child poverty in Buffalo. Much like the series in 2006 entitled “The High Cost of Being Poor“, this series attempts to bring to light the struggles of [...]

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The Middle-Class Squeeze: Health Care and Housing

Posted in affordable housing, health care, middle-class, poverty on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

MSNBC has done a series of stories on the economic state of the middle-class in America this month as a part of an ongoing series called Gut Check America. This series examines the erosion of the quality of life of those who could be considered being “middle class”. Many of the households they profile [...]

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Republican candidates on poverty and racism in America

Posted in federal policy, homeless, policy, poverty, racism on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Last month on the blog, we posted a link to the All-American Presidential Forum on PBS; a debate between Democratic presidential candidates on issues of poverty and racism.
On September 29th, Republican presidential candidates had their turn in a similar forum. Note that four of the Presidential candidates (former Mayor Rudy Guiliani, Sen. John McCain, Gov. [...]

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House Vote: National Affordable Housing Trust Fund, HR 2895

Posted in affordable housing, economic justice, federal policy, policy on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

From our friends at the National Alliance to End Homelessness…

On Wednesday, October 10, the full House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 2895, the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007.
Please call your House Members TODAY through WEDNESDAY and ask them to vote for H.R. 2895.

House offices can [...]

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PUSH Proposes Urban Homestead Reform in Buffalo

Posted in Buffalo, Economic Development, affordable housing, economic justice, federal policy, policy on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Artvoice has published an interesting article outlining one of the many good ideas being promoted by our friends at PUSH.
So Many We Can’t Give ‘em Away – by Peter Koch
“Though you’re probably not aware of it, the city has been giving away homes and vacant lots of land to responsible and willing citizens for [...]

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“Doubled Up”

Posted in chronic homelessness, federal policy, homeless, homelessness, policy, poverty on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

There have recently been conversations around HUD including people living “doubled up” with family and friends for financial reasons in the definition of homeless. According to research put out by the National Alliance to End Homelessness in September 2007, “The data show that expanding the definition to include people who are doubled up for economic [...]

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Housing First – the story of Million-Dollar Murray

Posted in affordable housing, chronic homelessness, help, homeless, homelessness, policy on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

As our community continues to discuss housing-first strategies I think it important to post for educational purposes this compelling article from the New Yorker published last year. Macolm Gladwell does an outstanding job of outlining some of the arguments in favor of housing first strategies and in particular the safe-haven model that is so [...]

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