It was totally predictable it would collapse. You know, I didn’t know when, didn’t know exactly who, but it was totally predictable. And now they’re running to us and asking us for handouts. Think of what we do to welfare people, when they—you know, everything they have to go through to get, you know, a [...]
Archive for September, 2008
The Paulson Plan: a moratorium on stereotypes against the poor.
Posted in economic justice, federal policy, misconceptions, policy, poverty, stereotypes, welfare on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AMA Calls for Universal Health Care
Posted in Buffalo, economic justice, federal policy, health care, middle-class, policy, poverty on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Buffalo doctor who heads the AMA issues call for universal health care
By Jerry Zremski – News Washington Bureau
Updated: 09/23/08 10:01 AM
Charles Lewis/Buffalo News file photo
Nancy H. Nielsen of Buffalo said the number of uninsured is “a tragedy and a national disgrace and we need to do something about it.”
WASHINGTON — The Buffalo physician who [...]
New York City Settles Homeless Lawsuit Filed in 1983
Posted in NY government, homeless, homelessness, new york times, poverty, tagged legal on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
City Settles Lawsuit Over Homeless Families
By Sewell Chan
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/city-settles-lawsuit-over-homeless-families/index.html?hp
Updated, 1:09 p.m. | The Bloomberg administration has decided to settle a longstanding class-action lawsuit over homeless families’ access to shelter in New York City, ending costly litigation that has dragged on since May 1983, through four mayoral administrations. The settlement, which Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced [...]
Buffalo Unemployment Rate Jumped in August
Posted in Buffalo, poverty, tagged unemployment on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Business First of Buffalo reports that the Buffalo unemployment rate is 6%, up from 4.5% during the same period in 2007. More behind the jump.
Thursday, September 18, 2008 – 1:22 PM EDT
The jobless rate for Buffalo-Niagara Falls increased to 6 percent in August, rising from 4.5 percent in the same month a year ago, the [...]
Harvest House to Build One-Stop Services Agency for Needy Families
Posted in Buffalo, Erie County, help, poverty on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Buffalo News
Harvest House plans $3.7 million ‘one-stop’ facility for the underserved
The Harvest House Ministry Center today announced a $3.7 million project that will expand human services offered to needy individuals in underserved communities.
The faith-based center is moving forward with a long-planned conversion of a former truck dealership at 175 Jefferson Ave. near [...]
US Homelessness Czar Comes to Buffalo
Posted in 10-Year Plan, Buffalo, Buffalo News, chronic homelessness, event, federal policy, homeless, homelessness, housing first, hud, policy on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Philip Mangano, Executive Director of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, came to Buffalo on Tuesday to give a keynote speech at the Ending Homelessness symposium sponsored by the WNY Coalition for the Homeless and the Homeless Alliance. The Buffalo News reports behind the jump.
Home Heating Costs to Increase 40% This Winter
Posted in Buffalo, DSS, Erie County, HEAP, Home heating, affordable housing, economic justice, policy, poverty, tagged benefits, emergency help, HEAP, utilities on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
National Fuel & Gas recently estimated that home heating costs for its customers would increase by 40% this winter. In other words, what you could heat for $100 last year will now cost $140.
With no signficant increase in utility assistance from either the Erie County Department of Social Services, the Home Energy Assistance Program, or [...]
Buffalo News Editorial on Poverty
Posted in Buffalo, Economic Development, Erie County, affordable housing, census, economic justice, education, food stamps, income, living wage, policy, poverty on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Buffalo News Published an outstanding editorial on poverty in Buffalo. The editorial was the lead Sunday editorial which is considered in journalistic circles as the most prestigious of placements.
The article mentions the Homeless Alliance and we are grateful for the mention. More importantly however is the fact that the News outlines the same policy [...]
What Do Obama and McCain Have to Say on Poverty?
Posted in economic justice, federal policy, mccain, obama, policy, poverty, presidential election on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the 2008 Presidential Election rapidly approaching, you may be asking yourself: what are the candidates’ respective plans for poverty?
A number of large, private foundations pooled their resources and created Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, which describes candidate stances on poverty and plans to address it.
This is an important step in drawing attention to the [...]
If you assault someone while panhandling, you are no longer panhandling
Posted in homeless on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Unfortunately, the stereotypes that surround those who are poor and homeless carry over into the way our media portrays things. Nowhere is it more evident than in the Buffalo News headline “Panhandler Gets 3-Year Prison Term for Assault”. The story is behind the jump.
You will see that a man assaulted an Allentown bar patron with [...]
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