homelessness

Unhoused Philadelphians’ Direct Action Wins 50 City-Squandered Homes

On September 25, Philadelphia housing activists declared victory in their months-long campaign to achieve community control of city-owned vacant properties…

September 29, 2020

Rezoning City Land Into Campgrounds? Emergency Homelessness Proposals Amid COVID-19

When it comes reducing the risks and harms of COVID-19 faced by unhoused people, public health and human rights officials…

September 1, 2020

How the Pandemic Hit People Who Use Drugs, in Their Own Words

In some ways, the coronavirus pandemic has hit marginalized people who use drugs the hardest. Harm reduction facilities have been…

August 13, 2020

The Political Fight to Avoid an Evictions Catastrophe

The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal four-month moratorium on evictions expired. It…

July 30, 2020

Philadelphia’s Latest Backward Step Is Nothing New

If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps back,” might be rejected as overly…

June 25, 2020

The Pandemic Accelerates the Rise⁠—and Criminalization⁠—of Tent Cities

Just before we went into lockdown, I visited Sanctuary, a homelessness organization in Toronto, to interview people with experience of…

June 17, 2020

“There Is No Naloxone for Racism”—Kassandra Frederique Speaks Out

Since George Floyd was horrifically murdered by Minneapolis cops on May 25, events have unfolded dramatically, and amid worldwide protests,…

June 16, 2020

NYPD to Grow Its Homeless Outreach, Amid Social Service Agency Cuts

Amid growing calls by 2020 Uprising protestors to #DefundNYPD, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is slated to expand its…

June 11, 2020

Formerly Unhoused Bronx Congress Candidate Vows to Fight for Drug Users

Samelys López knows first-hand the inadequacy of New York City's⁠—and the nation's⁠—approach to housing. When she and her family moved…

June 4, 2020

The Mischaracterized Relationship Between Drug Use and Homelessness

“Six months ago Jonny Brown admits he was in a dark place. Addicted to drugs, he'd lost his house and…

May 21, 2020