90° under the sun. That is what it was today around 3 in the afternoon in Roselle Park. It also happens to be the average temperature in Iraq and Afghanistan in early summer – it gets hotter than that in July and August. Imagine being in the latter locales standing post in uniform of one of the Armed Forces – some need not...
read moreBy Richard W. Brown and Taiisa Kelly Since 2005, the number of chronically homeless people across the country has been cut in half. The decrease in homelessness can be attributed to bipartisan efforts to invest in permanent supportive housing. Supportive housing improves tenants’ lives by combining affordable housing with...
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Inspired by his father’s experience in the Great Depression, he represented occupants of ‘Tent City’ in Lakewood Who he is: Jeffrey J. Wild, 54, attorney and advocate for the homeless. Job: Attorney and partner with the Lowenstein Sandler law firm in Roseland; founder and board member with the New Jersey Coalition to End...
read moreLAKEWOOD – A controversial homeless camp in Lakewood is being torn down and many living there say they aren’t sure where they are going to go. Manny Leon says he doesn’t know where he’ll live after Sunday, the day he must leave the tent city. “If they set us on the street, you know desperate people can...
read morePHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Dom Giordano spoke with Madelyn Mears-Sheldon, the President of Citizens Serving the Homeless on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT. The group has faced opposition from some residents of Lumberton, N.J. where they are planning to build a homeless shelter. Mears-Sheldon said they have taken the time to hear from the community...
read moreCAMDEN, N.J. – New Jersey and Camden County officials are clearing out four homeless encampments in Camden and telling the people who have been living there to get help at shelters. Officials on Tuesday cleared a site next to a highway ramp known as “The Bowl.” Residents had been warned for more than a month of the...
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