by BFTS | Feb 22, 2022 | Subway Stories
Homeless subway rider Diego Sergio de los Rios, sitting inside a train at the 242nd Street subway station in the Bronx, was actually looking forward to a visit from the New York Police Department. Yet on day one of a new city initiative to assist the homeless across... 
by BFTS | Dec 3, 2021 | Opinion
If you have spent time in recent years in any of California’s larger cities, you’ve probably seen outcroppings of small, shed-like buildings beneath overpasses or on abandoned lots. These tiny homes, which have also sprung up in other states across the... 
by BFTS | May 24, 2021 | National Insight
Ending homelessness is possible. This is the conclusion of a new co-authored book, How Ten Global Cities Take on Homelessness, which profiles Los Angeles, Houston, Nashville, New York City, Baltimore, Bogotá, Mexico City, Edmonton, Paris and Athens. According... 
by BFTS | Apr 27, 2021 | New York
New York state will receive more than $58 million in funds to support homeless students under the American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced last week. The department announced plans to distribute $800 million to states to help support the... 
by BFTS | Mar 21, 2021 | National
A new report almost certainly underestimates the spread, depth and urgency of the crisis given that the data doesn’t yet reflect the pandemic, federal officials warned. Homelessness in the United States rose for the fourth straight year, with about...
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