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New Mexico’s state government is taking part in a program for the next two years to improve housing and health policy, and a wide range of state agencies will participate.
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A new dashboard created by the City of Albuquerque with monthly data related to homelessness shows the city logged over 1,000 encampment sweeps in January.
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A court injunction from last year barred the City of Albuquerque from removing encampments of people experiencing homelessness in public spaces, but those in the encampments and their advocates are accusing the city of violating that order every day.
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Older adults in Albuquerque who are at risk of losing their homes or just need some support to stay independent have a few options through the city’s Department of Senior Affairs. KUNM sat down with Maria ReQua from the department to learn more.
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Homelessness in older adults is increasing rapidly nationally and here in New Mexico. KUNM Reporter Megan Myscofski shadowed a street medicine team from local nonprofit Health Care for the Homeless on its weekly visit to Albuquerque’s Westside Emergency Housing Center.
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Homelessness in older adults is increasing at a fast clip across the country.In Albuquerque, much of that population is in one place: the city’s main shelter on the Westside. That facility, however, is not set up to care for older folks or people with disabilities.
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New Mexico received a grant for over $16 million from the federal government for homelessness assistance, about $2 million more than the state received last year.
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An oversight group recently performed an investigation into the Westside Emergency Housing Center, a homeless shelter 18 miles from downtown Albuquerque. The group’s findings and recommendations give insight to the shelter, its capacities, and its limits.
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A new study on housing says rental markets are cooling off across the country, including in Western states where demand has been especially high since the beginning of the pandemic.New Mexico stands out in the study for having a late but fast-moving boom in its rate of cost-burdened renters.
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Ahead of the legislative session that starts January 16, several health and civil rights advocates are pushing for the state to invest more in addiction treatment and housing. They are also calling for the state to put fewer resources towards what they call criminalization tactics.