Outsiders: The Faces of Homelessness | ENDEVR Documentary

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“Everyone is a paycheck away from being homeless,” said Senator José Peralta in an interview about homelessness. New York City is being affected by homelessness and the office of the mayor is creating emergency shelters in hotels, as well as in other buildings around the city. Some of these shelters are being created without any previous notice to the communities in which the shelters are being opened. There are almost 70,000 homeless individuals only in the city of New York and housing them in hotels costs much more than paying their rent in apartments. Placing homeless families in hotel rooms is illegal because they need to have a kitchen and they don’t have all the necessary appliances and services for them to live in.

Because of that, the different communities go out to the streets to rally against Mayor DiBlasio’s decision, and to demand a fair solution to the homeless problem in their areas. Many of the residents complain about the increase in the crime rate in their area. Having a revolving population coming into their neighborhood doesn’t give the residents of the area a sense of safety. The residents of the area claim that “You’ll never know who lives next door”

It is known that in these shelters there are ex-convicts, drug addicts, and sex offenders who are placed in family shelters and near schools because of the lack of screening when placing the homeless in these facilities. Many of the homeless decide to live on the streets because the shelters are not safe and it can cost them their lives. As a consequence of that, many homeless people die on the streets because of the cold weather and other dangers that they are exposed to outside.

Government officials like Senator Anthony Avella and Senator José Peralta talk about the causes of homelessness and the reactions that their respective communities have towards the homeless problem. They agree that the solution is to have the communities involved in the betterment of the homeless problem. However, community leaders are not happy with the idea of dealing with the homeless.

Nonprofits step into the problem to collaborate in the hard mission of providing food, clothing, and shelter to the ones in need. Their effort is good to help certain communities but it is not enough to satisfy the great demand for help.

As everyone continues to look for a solution to homelessness, our invisible neighbors -the homeless- are taking over parks, train stations, hospitals, and even the underground.
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