This holiday season, you'll likely pass homeless people on the street. Here's how to help them.
Diana Perez, 29, grew up in Paterson, N.J., with a single mother. She began using drugs as a teen, and upon moving to New York at age 21, she partied and used cocaine heavily.
She worked her way up to a residential-aide job at the shelter, and now works full-time as a shift supervisor while studying human services full-time at Monroe College in the Bronx. She has her own apartment close to work and school, and credits Next Step with helping her land stable employment and housing.
“Low wages, wage inequality, racial inequities and a severe shortage of affordable rental homes leave too many vulnerable people unable to afford their housing,” the report said. What you can do If you’d like to help people experiencing homelessness, here are seven tips from Perez, Littlejohn, and other activists and academics on where to start:
Get informed. Follow national advocacy organizations’ efforts on issues like homelessness, affordable housing and wages, Bowen said, so that you can take action when a policy window opens. And pay attention to how your own local community approaches homelessness, she said: Does it try to move or cover up the issue or try to solve it at its roots?
To truly address homelessness, charitable efforts are not enough, Bowen said. “We have to look at these bigger-picture factors,” she said, including a lack of affordable housing and the fact that employment hasn’t kept pace with the cost of housing.
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