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NYC to spend $650M on combating homelessness and mental illness

New York City will spend $650 million over the next five years to combat homelessness and mental illness, while increasing the number of police officers in the subway system.

Yahoo · 4h

Homeless mental health and affordability headline NYC mayor’s State of the City address

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday laid out an ambitious agenda for 2025 while fighting for his political life. His State of the City address was the last of his first term in office as he faces a tough reelection battle.

Gothamist · 8h

Mayor Adams unveils $650 million homelessness and mental health plan in State of the City

The annual speech could be the last for Adams, who is fighting federal corruption charges while running for re-election.

New York Post on MSN · 10h

Mayor Adams unveils $650M plan to help mentally ill, homeless New Yorkers in State of the City speech

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday unveiled a five-year, $650 million plan to address homelessness — including a special new facility to house and treat mentally ill New Yorkers inhabiting the streets and subways.

Yahoo · 6h

Mayor Adams invests $650M to combat homelessness and mental health

Mayor Eric Adams delivered his fourth State of the City address at The Apollo in Harlem on Thursday. The mayor discussed key topics, including public safety, the cost of living, new initiatives to build more in the city,

McKee rejects calls to declare homelessness emergency

The Boston Globe · 12h

McKee declines to declare homelessness an emergency in R.I.

Though the number of unhoused people has been steadily rising, the governor has pushed back against a declaration. “I would be solving one problem by creating a new one,” he said. “I am not going to do that.

Yahoo · 1h

Providence councilors urge McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency

The City Council approved a resolution Thursday night calling on Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.

WJAR Providence on MSN · 2h

Providence City Council urges Gov. McKee to declare state of emergency

The Providence City Council has passed a resolution urging Gov. Dan McKee to declare a public health state of emergency to address the homelessness crisis.

Oregon, Tina Kotek and homelessness

KTVZ · 7h

With Oregon’s homelessness crisis continuing, Gov. Kotek extends state of emergency

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday continued the homelessness state of emergency she declared on her first day in office for a third year as the state continues to grapple with the crisis of thousands of people living outside.

Yahoo · 3h

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek extends executive order declaring homelessness state of emergency

Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday extended her emergency order declaring a state of homelessness in Oregon for a third year. Kotek signed the initial executive order on her first day in office and issued an extension on Jan 9,

KATU Portland on MSN · 8h

Governor Kotek extends homelessness emergency order in Oregon

Governor Tina Kotek has extended the statewide emergency orderEmergency Order 24-02 . The order, now EO 25-01, directs state agencies to persist in reducing th

16hon MSN

As homelessness grows, so do fences around the Twin Cities

Outside the Minneapolis Central Library, a public seating area is decorated for the winter holidays, with festive evergreen ...

Next City13h

The Housing and Homelessness Issues We’re Watching in 2025

Next City’s housing correspondent on the issues he’s keeping an eye on this year, from increased criminalization of ...

8hon MSN

2024's Unprecedented Rise in Homelessness Shows the Tension Between Free Shelter and Free Movement

Heavyweight libertarian economist Milton Friedman's famous observation was that you can't have open immigration and a welfare ...

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Homelessness surged 18% to a new record in 2024 amid a lack of affordable housing across the U.S.

Homelessness in the U.S. jumped 18.1% this year, hitting a record level, with the dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of ...

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NY saw whopping 53% spike in homelessness in 2024 — largely due to migrants in NYC shelters: feds

Migrants staying in emergency shelters throughout the five boroughs “accounted for almost 88% of the increase in sheltered ...

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Sacramento DA discusses homelessness, fentanyl and Prop. 36 in public safety address

At Wednesday’s event, the district attorney also spoke about his lawsuit against the City of Sacramento. The lawsuit, filed ...

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New data shows California's homelessness problem is only getting worse

The Bay Area's homelessness crisis worsened in 2024, with a 6% rise pushing the number to an estimated 38,891 people, ...

Homelessness in New York: Why the numbers have grown

A recent federal report found New York State is dealing with the highest per capita rate of homelessness in the country.

The new report on homelessness shows a catastrophe for WA

King County and the state have more people living outside than ever, even as other U.S. metros have done better at getting ...

Handling homelessness: Three approaches to enforcing the anti-public sleeping bill

Since Jan. 1, the state, its residents and business owners can sue local governments if they see people sleeping outside.

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