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The most recent NM Point-in-Time Report by the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness on behalf of US Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 1,231 people living on the streets of Albuquerque (around 0.2% of the city's population) in January 2024. The report also counted 1,289 people living in an emergency shelter in Albuquerque ...
On average, Joy Junction serves as many as 300 people per day, including as many as 60 to 80 children; over 16,000 meals are provided to the homeless in Albuquerque every month, and 200,000 every year. [2] [7] A thrift shop was also added in 2023. [8] During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, their shelter accommodated an estimated 300 individuals ...
Albuquerque has been criticized for its practice of routinely destroying encamped people's belongings during sweeps, which advocates say has prolonged their homelessness by disconnecting them from public records and services. [140] Albuquerque's Health Housing and Homelessness department reported that the city had cleared or cited over 1,000 ...
Dec. 12—A longtime social worker who testified in a landmark education lawsuit against the state of New Mexico has been named the next director of Health, Housing and Homelessness for the city ...
May 31—The city of Albuquerque will open a temporary housing facility for young adults ages 18-25 at the San Mateo Inn building, city leaders announced Friday. ... 2,314 people ages 15-25 were ...
Nov. 21—Two Albuquerque charities will receive $6.25 million in donations as part of the $110 million Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos pledged to 40 organizations across the country combating ...
The Guardian has suggested that New York City may have been the first American city with a homeless relocation program, starting in 1987. [1] As of 2017, the New York City Department of Homeless Services was spending $500,000 annually on relocation, [1] [3] making it significantly larger than other schemes across the United States. [1]
FILE - Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and others are suing the city of ...