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A Disorderly Plaza, and a Shelter Suspected

by By GREGORY BEYER, NYT > Homeless Persons

Neighbors of a plaza near Second Avenue are complaining of drug use, prostitution and general mayhem caused, they say, by residents of a nearby women’s homeless shelter....

add a comment | Aug 03, 2008    


U.S. Reports Drop in Homeless Population

by By RACHEL L. SWARNS, NYT > Homeless Persons

The number of chronically homeless people has dropped by about 30 percent between 2005 and 2007, Bush administration officials said on Tuesday....

add a comment | Jul 30, 2008    


U.S. Reports Drop in Homeless Population

by By RACHEL L. SWARNS, NYT > Homeless Persons

The number of chronically homeless people has dropped by about 30 percent to 123,833 from 175,914 between 2005 and 2007, Bush administration officials said on Tuesday....

add a comment | Jul 30, 2008    


In Cambodia, Land Seizures Push Thousands of the Poor Into Homelessness

by By SETH MYDANS, NYT > Homeless Persons

Experts say land seizures, for logging, agriculture, mining, tourism and fisheries, have become the most serious human rights abuse in Cambodia....

add a comment | Jul 27, 2008    


Man Stabbed to Death Near Church

by (author unknown), NYT > Homeless Persons

A 43-year-old homeless man was stabbed to death on the sidewalk a few feet from a Midtown church early Saturday, the police said....

add a comment | Jul 27, 2008    


A Drip-Dry Classic, Reimagined

by By RIMA SUQI, NYT > Homeless Persons

The Conran Shop recently introduced a wooden version of the traditional plastic hanging clothes dryer, made of kiln-dried moisture-resistant pine....

add a comment | Jul 24, 2008    


California: 2 Women Sentenced for Killing for Insurance Money

by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, NYT > Homeless Persons

Two women were sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance policies taken out on their lives....

add a comment | Jul 16, 2008    


Making Work Pay Enough : A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families

by paffairs@urban.org ( Gregory Acs, Margery Austin Turner ), Urban Institute: Housing

One-third of America's families with children are low income, meaning their incomes fall below twice the federal poverty level. Although four in five of these families work, many don't bring home enough to cover the everyday costs of living. In this essay, Acs and Turner outline their proposals to enhance low-income...

add a comment | Jul 16, 2008    


Making Work Pay Enough - Summary

by paffairs@urban.org ( Gregory Acs, Margery Austin Turner ), Urban Institute: Housing

One-third of America's families with children are low income, meaning their incomes fall below twice the federal poverty level. Although four in five of these families work, many don't bring home enough to cover the everyday costs of living. In this essay, Acs and Turner outline their proposals to enhance low-income...

add a comment | Jul 16, 2008    


Review of "Making Work Pay Enough"

by paffairs@urban.org ( Jared Bernstein ), Urban Institute: Housing

This paper is a response to New Safety Net Paper 1, "Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families" by Gregory Acs and Margery Austin Turner....

add a comment | Jul 16, 2008