The Hidden Education Crisis Behind the City’s Record Homelessness Rate
“It’s scary that we could be facing this again in two or three years,” said Latoya Iheanacho.
She reflected on the time she spent in homeless shelters with her three children. Even after her family secured a two-bedroom apartment through the city’s housing lottery, the fear lingers. One job loss. One lease issue. One unexpected crisis. Any of it could send her family back to the shelter system.
As a formerly homeless youth myself, I know these anxieties all too well. Year after year, I find myself wondering when that day might come — the day I have to walk back through the doors of a Department of Homeless Services intake center.
How Families Fall into Homelessness
Student homelessness is rooted in another crisis we too often overlook: family homelessness…