Chicago Homeless Man Fights for Spot on Village Ballot

A Chicago homeless man is attempting to run for office but is facing resistance because he is homeless and does not have a permanent address.  This article highlights the fact that homeless individuals have every right that those that are housed do and that no one should ever be discriminated against because of their housing [...]

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March 17th, 8pm: “Concert From the Heart” to Benefit City Mission and Food Bank

“Concert from the Heart”, a benefit concert for the City Mission and Food Bank will take place on March 17th at 8pm at Kleinhans Music Hall.  The Buffalo News did a short piece on it the other day:
By Tom Buckham

News Staff Reporter

It figures to be among the most eclectic events in [...]

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Cold Hearts: Conservatives Attack Poor Homeless Henrietta Hughes

Here’s an article that counters some of the attacks on Henrietta Hughes, a homeless woman who spoke at a town hall meeting that President Obama attended about a week ago.  The author “Cara” highlights the way that many people critical of social welfare focus solely on individual responsibility (even when virtually nothing is known about [...]

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2009 Forum on Restoring Progressivity and Fairness in our Tax System

PPG’s 2009 Forum on Restoring Progressivity and Fairness in our Tax System.
Ron Deutsch, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, will be speaking.
Tuesday February 17th at 4:00 pm
Cornell ILR, 237 Main Street, 12th floor

Please RSVP to ppgbuffalo@gmail.com asap.  Thank you to those who already signed-up.
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Join the campaign for Fair Share Tax Reform!

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Senate Passess $15,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit But Offers Nothing to Low-Income Families or Individuals Who Need Affordable Housing

The National Low Income Housing Coalition released a statement the other day concerning the lack of funding for affordable housing.  The economic recession will hit low-income families and individuals who can barely afford the already high fair market rents hard and could put thousands of them out on the street.  This article also refocuses our [...]

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Homelessness surges as funding falters

This article from MSNBC covers a major problem facing non-profits offering supportive services/shelter to homeless individuals: funds for their operations are being cut as demand for their services increases.  The current economic crisis has prompted state and federal officials to cut non-profit funding to close budget deficits.  At the same time it has pushed larger [...]

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Job losses prove we’re in recession

David Robinson over at Buffalo News wrote this article a couple weeks back about the thousands of jobs that the region has lost in the last couple  months and the thousands more that will be lost in the coming months.  Keep in mind that the loss of a job was one of the most common [...]

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Emergency Cold Weather Homeless Outreach

Several weeks ago a number of homeless outreach workers as well as individuals from the community braved sub-zero nights to inform homeless people on the street of warming shelters that they had worked with the mayor to open up. Joy Tedeschi helped organize this effort and we had the chance to interview her about [...]

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Welfare Aid Isn’t Growing as Economy Drops Off

This piece from the New York Times details how most states are either not increasing or are actually decreasing the number of people receiving TANF, despite the prospect of a deep recession in the coming year.

Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times

By JASON DePARLE
Published: February 1, 2009
WASHINGTON — Despite soaring unemployment and the worst economic [...]

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