This is a story about a plan to end chronic homelessness in the United States. It’s not an indeterminate “war on homelessness,” but a methodical approach to do away with a major social problem. Each day, roughly 700,000 people in the country are ...
Given the grim news in lending and home financing in recent months, it would appear that little can be done to stem the tide of foreclosures sweeping the nation. Nationally, some 4 million homeowners are facing foreclosure this year and another 11 million ...
Urban arts programs often build confidence and agency among youth who are disheartened by -- or disconnected from -- public schools. Over the next few weeks we'll be featuring a series on Art and Urban Youth, featuring interviews with leaders in this field. ...
Harry Rhodes helps homeless and low-income individuals grow roots—both figuratively and literally. As the executive director of Growing Home, he works with people who are seeking to leave behind lives of homelessness, joblessness, and addiction. Growing Home provides training in the cultivation and ...
More than 100,000 Americans are "chronically homeless," meaning they live on the streets or in shelters for a year or more. If a new campaign launched yesterday meets its goal, every one of them will be housed by 2013.
When Hannah Taylor was 5, she saw a man eating out of a trash can. For the next year, Taylor interrogated her mother with questions about homelessness. One day, her mother challenged her to do something about it. So Taylor organized a bake ...
Last week, on behalf of the New York Women Social Entrepreneurs, I moderated a panel on innovations in sustainable design. Panelists’ expertise ran the gamut—architecture, fashion, education, and industrial design—but the one theme that united all of their responses was the importance of ...
The folks at L.A.-based Project H Design like to make things that matter. Project H and its network of socially motivated designers have built playgrounds that teach math in South Africa, designed rugged wheelchairs suitable for the developing world, and pioneered a therapeutic, ...
PROBLEM: By standard measures, Rosanne Haggerty and her staff at Common Ground had achieved stunning success attacking the problem of homelessness in New York in the 1990s. Haggerty had won a massive battle converting The Times Square Hotel into the "largest permanent supportive ...