unhoused people

A resolution that would allow Burlington, Vermont city councilors the ability to access city programs, especially a city-operated emergency shelter, was the most controversial item on the council agenda this week.

A new report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli finds homelessness has grown sharply in New York. Several of Albany's mayoral candidates say they have plans to address the problem.

Citing "an urgent need and cold nighttime temperatures," Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless has opened its winter shelter in Albany.

The New York State Office of Mental Health is praising stepped up efforts to help the unhoused.

Columbia County Habitat for Humanity has served local low-income individuals and families for 30 years by building 25 homes in six local communities and providing critical repair and accessibility improvements in many more. Founded in 1993, Columbia County Habitat is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023 and has adopted a progressive growth strategy to help address the lack of affordable housing in the area. The anniversary will be marked by several community events throughout the year culminating in a 30th Anniversary Celebration to be held in September.

Bethesda House of Schenectady is a homeless shelter and service provider dedicated to the homeless, disabled, and economically disadvantaged citizens of Schenectady County. Bethesda House is building Cara House, a new supportive and emergency housing building for the homeless and impoverished in our community.

Founded in 1983, Joseph’s House and Shelter in Troy, NY is a community-based, not for profit corporation that provides a continuum of homeless services to residents of the Capital Region.

Tracy Kidders new book, “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People” shines a spotlight on Jim O’Connell, a Harvard-trained doctor who has spent 40 years caring for unhoused individuals in Boston, the “Rough Sleepers.” We talk with both Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O’Connell on this week’s Book Show.

Tracy Kidders new book, “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People,” tells the story of Dr. Jim O’Connell – a man who invented ways to create a community of care for a city’s unhoused population – the “rough sleepers.”

A groundbreaking was held Tuesday afternoon in Schenectady on a $8.5 million project to provide permanent supportive and emergency housing for the formerly unhoused.