Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Urban Investigations

Who Benefits from Community Benefit Agreements?

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Sign Up!

Public Access Design

Sign Up!

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Print Is There A Pattern?

New York City must, by court order, provide temporary shelter to every person who asks. Currently, NYC spends about $1.8 billion a year on shelters, apartments, hotel rooms, and programs.

What is homelessness? How does the shelter system work? How does homelessness impact the City? What is the City’s responsibility?

In the spring of 2019, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Gabriella Coll and public high school students at Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy (KAPPA) International High School in the Bronx to dig deep into the issue of homelessness. To investigate, students wove textiles to depict the cycle of homelessness, surveyed community members, visited a shelter, and interviewed key stakeholders working on the issue. This booklet is a guide to what students learned about homelessness in NYC and their ideas for shaping a different future.

Swept Up

Urban Investigations

Swept Up

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt

Is College For Me?

Public Access Design

Is College For Me?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?