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enviromental original research question: To what extent does homelessness impact the environment?

1. “Air pollution is an added stressor for vulnerable populations who already suffer disproportionately from underlying health effects” This shows that this tags on as just another problem that homeless people experience. As if lack of wealth wasn’t enough, pollution is severe and unclean for humans to live in."

Whitford, E., & Cunningham, M. (2023, June 8) Amid air quality crisis, officials urge people indoors. What about street homeless New Yorkers? City limits.

https://citylimits.org/2023/06/08/amid-air-quality-crisis-officials-urge-people-indoors-what-about-street-ho

2. “Low-income New Yorkers face unsafe housing conditions, pollution and preventable health problems.”

Make the Road New York. Housing, environment, and justice.

https://maketheroadny.org/issue/housing-environmental-justice/

3. “The majority of unsheltered homeless individuals are people living with a mental illness or other severe health problems.” This highlights the need for both mental and physical health services to provide the help that people clearly need."

Coalition for the Homeless. (2023) Basic facts about homelessness in New York City. https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/basic-facts-about-homelessness-new-york-city/#:~:text=119%2C320%20NYC%20schoolchildren%20experienced%20homelessness,the%20lack%20of%20affordable%20housing.

4. “Chronic disease severity in homeless populations is often greater than in the general population due to extreme poverty, delays in seeking care, non-adherence to therapy, substance abuse, cognitive impairment, and other factors.” This proves that countless factors contribute to the likelihood and severity of chronic disease among the homeless community.. The delays in seeking care and extreme poverty back up the barrier that homeless individuals face to access adequate healthcare."

Raymond, B., & Svoboda, T. (2023). The homeless and climate change. National Institutes of Health.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2704276/

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“resulting in low housing availability and a vacancy rate of just 3%. New York City’s housing stock has only increased 4% since 2010, not nearly enough to keep up with its 22% increase in jobs.”

Horowitz, A., & Staveski, A. (2023, May 25). New York’s housing shortage pushes up rents and homelessness. New York’s Housing Shortage Pushes Up Rents and Homelessness | The Pew Charitable Trusts. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/05/25/new-yorks-housing-shortage-pushes-up-rents-and-homelessness

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“Yet for too many Americans, finding and keeping an adequate and affordable place to live has become all too difficult — stretching household budgets, forcing trade-offs with other essentials, like food and health care, or leading to living in crowded, poorly maintained or even hazardous conditions. The consequences of this housing insecurity are wide-ranging, with economic, social, physical and mental health impacts” (DiNapoli, 2024).

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To what extent do rising house prices contribute to the increase in homelessness in new york?

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“Research has found that a severe housing shortage is to blame for rising costs, with restrictive zoning practices limiting the construction of new homes in high-demand, job-rich areas. This shortage is acute in much of New York state, where high housing costs have pushed many families to leave the New York City metro area in search of lower-cost housing” (Horowitz, 2023).

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“As the gap between real incomes and housing costs continues to grow larger, homelessness is affecting more and more families, including those that once had the security of high paying jobs. It is these facts that remind us of the structural causes of homelessness and what ultimately needs to be done to address the problem” (Routhier, 2011).

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“Everyone In led to a significant number of people experiencing homelessness quickly helped into settled housing, around 23000 In New York City, unsheltered people who were offered hotel rooms were more likely to accept and remain in a placement than those who were only offered communal shelter. And the Washington State study referenced earlier found that placement in hotels was associated with higher quality engagement with homeless services staff and a greater focus on future goals.”

Doran, K., & Tinson, A. (2021)

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“The federal government must take the lead in tackling this challenge with increased resources to boost housing production and provide greater rental assistance, and the State must operate more efficiently, effectively and transparently in the execution of its housing policies, spur local action and continue to mitigate evictions and homelessness” (DiNapoli, 2024).

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To what extent does homelessness impact economics in New York communities?

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“In New York state, Apartment List data shows that the two places with the slowest rent growth from February 2017 to February 2023 were New Rochelle (8%) and White Plains (5%), while those with the fastest rent growth were Suffolk County (37%) on Long Island and Monroe County (45%), which encompasses Rochester. “

Horowitz, A., & Staveski, A. (2023, May 25). New York’s housing shortage pushes up rents and homelessness. New York’s Housing Shortage Pushes Up Rents and Homelessness | The Pew Charitable Trusts. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/05/25/new-yorks-housing-shortage-pushes-up-rents-and-homelessness

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”State and local policymakers have not taken significant steps to address systematic barriers and cost drivers that limit housing production

Recent policy efforts to increase affordability have focused primarily on price controls and direct public financing of affordable housing production as New York City's housing production gap has continued to grow.”

Irving, D. (2023, November 10). How New York City can make housing more affordable | Rand. Rand. https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2023/how-new-york-city-can-make-housing-more-affordable.html

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“Major federal housing assistance grant programs totaled more than $1.3 billion in New York in Federal Fiscal Year 2021 and funded programs to serve the homeless and facilitate development and rehabilitation of affordable housing units and homeownership, among other purposes.”

DiNapoli, T. (2024, February). New Yorkers in need: The housing insecurity crisis. Office of the New York State Comptroller. https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-housing-insecurity-crisis

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“A recent RAND study looked at what New York could do to make more room. It identified six policy reforms that, taken together, would clear a path for nearly 300,000 new homes. That alone might not be enough to make New York affordable—but housing prices are not going to budge until the city can get people moving again.”

Irving, D. (2023, November 10). How New York City can make housing more affordable | Rand. Rand. https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2023/how-new-york-city-can-make-housing-more-affordable.htm l