L.A. Declares Homelessness a Public 'Emergency'
The city of Los Angeles is facing a crisis around chronic homelessness. About 26,000 people are currently living on the streets—a 12 percent increase in just the last two years—which is why the city...
View ArticleHow To Eliminate Homelessness
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The city of Los Angeles is facing a crisis around chronic homelessness. About 26,000 people are currently living on the streets—a 12 percent...
View ArticleA Homeless Veteran Finding His Way Home
Kyle Edmonds was an electrician in the Navy. He worked on the USS Kitty Hawk, an aircraft carrier, and the USS Curtis Wilbur, a guided missile destroyer. He got to sail around much of Asia.These days,...
View ArticleSaving the World in Paris; The Mayor and the Governor Pass the Buck on...
Coming up on today's show:World leaders are meeting in Paris for a climate change conference, which many are hoping will result in a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hear how...
View ArticleWho Should Fund Homeless Services in NYC?
Laura Nahmias, who reports on City Hall for POLITICO New York, looks at the conflict between the mayor and the governor over funding for the city's homeless.Nahmias explains how, in the past, the state...
View ArticleMayor de Blasio: 'Let’s Get Public Money Out of the Hands of Gun Manufacturers'
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered updates on a number of city topics, from the recent transportation bill passed in Washington to his rezoning plan, which 4 of the 5 borough presidents have...
View ArticleStemming New York City's 'Inherited' Homelessness Problem
Steven Banks, commissioner of NYC's Human Resources Administration and former head of the Legal Aid Society, talks about his department's role in fighting New York City's surge in homelessness.Banks...
View ArticleHomeless, but Determined to Reclaim Her American Dream
Meet Shakira Crawford, 39, and her three kids, ages 8 to 13. She emigrated from Jamaica as a child, became a U.S. citizen in New York, and graduated from high school in the Bronx. She now works...
View ArticleThe Search for the Home With Blue Curtains
In Part One of The Long Way Home, we met Shakira Crawford, a homeless mother of three who is hoping to take advantage of a new citywide voucher program designed to lift people into permanent,...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Mayor de Blasio's Plan to Reorganize Homeless Services
Big changes are coming to the city's Department of Homeless Services. Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday that agency head Gilbert Taylor will leave the administration. De Blasio also ordered a...
View ArticleNew Homeless Chief Says He’s An Optimist
A day after Mayor Bill de Blasio said current HRA Commissioner Steven Banks would lead Homeless Services, pending a 90-day review of the agency, Banks sat down with reporters Wednesday, fielding...
View ArticleHow to Shut ISIS Out of the Internet; Homeless With Rent Vouchers
Coming up on today's show:Can Silicon Valley actually help in the technological battle against ISIS? Hear what presidential candidates are calling for - and what, realistically, can be done.A new WNYC...
View ArticleLight a Candle and Keep Looking
Sixty brokers, 10 months. Shakira Crawford is looking for a home. In the third installment of our series about homelessness in New York City (click above to listen) Shakira thinks she's finally caught...
View ArticleShakira's Got $1,500 in Rent Vouchers, But Landlords Won't Take Them
New York City is home to the nation’s largest homeless population. Mayor DeBlasio came into office last year promising to greatly reduce that number and introduced a new voucher program to help pay for...
View ArticleDe Blasio to Target Street Homeless
Declaring it, “The most comprehensive street homeless outreach effort ever deployed in an American city,” Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a sweeping new approach to curb street homelessness Thursday....
View ArticleMayor Bill de Blasio; Filmmaker Michael Moore; Fiction Bridges Cultural Divides
Coming up on today's show:Muslim American women call in to talk about whether they are experiencing more hostility since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and whether Muslim women experience a...
View ArticleMayor: 'We Will Find a Path Off the Streets' for Every Homeless New Yorker
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talked about the city's new initiative for combating homelessness -- HOME-STAT, Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement Street Action Teams -- and other NYC issues....
View ArticleHomeless New Yorkers Question De Blasio's New Program
The city is rolling out a new policy to deal with the record-high homeless population that will include a daily canvas of every block from Canal Street to 145th Street. It will also be assigning case...
View ArticleDe Blasio, Quinn Reunite To Fight Homelessness
The holiday season is bringing together one-time rivals.Mayor de Blasio joined the former City Council Speaker and failed mayoral candidate, Christine Quinn, at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn on...
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How L.A. is trying to get veteran homelessness down to zero
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJOHN CARLOS FREY: 57-year old Lendell Seay proudly shows off his tidy one bedroom apartment, which overlooks the 5 Freeway in East Los Angeles. The unit’s bathroom is...
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