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St. Paul and St. Andrew is located on West 86th street, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

New York City is trying to turn houses of worship into shelters

Migration

Fifty churches, synagogues, mosques and temples in New York City will start housing nearly 1,000 migrant men. The new plan announced by Mayor Eric Adams means the city will pay houses of worship to have beds, showers and dining areas, filling in the desperate need to provide shelter as more migrants keep arriving. The announcement comes as religious affiliation in the US is down, even among Latinos.

The Edmonton Public Library says it will ban library sleepers starting on May 1.

Wake up! There’s no snoozing allowed in this Canadian library

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Homelessness a growing problem in Greece

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The Growing Number of Homeless in Greece

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The ‘Safety Net’ and Realities of Poverty

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Chavez’s Housing Crunch

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Venezuela is struggling with a housing crisis and like before, President Hugo Chavez is promising lots of new construction.

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Unemployment’s costs, fiscal and emotional

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We speak with Andrew Stettner, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project, with Kevin Roach, executive director of the South Oakland Homeless Shelter in Royal Oak, Michigan and with James Foresteire, homeless for the past six months.

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