By Alika Medina / NM News Port The number of COVID-19 cases in Albuquerque’s largest homeless shelter has risen to more than 114, which comes as the shelter was re-opening in advance of winter weather. Dennis Plummer, CEO of the nonprofit Heading Home, has confirmed between 114 and 130 homeless people at the Westside Emergency […]
Abby Matanis and Destiny Munoz / News Port Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque have partnered to create a housing project that will be the first of its kind in New Mexico. The Tiny Home Village project, for which construction will begin in January 2020, is aimed at helping people experiencing homelessness. Construction […]
By Sara Solovitch | Searchlight New Mexico It was just two days into the school year, and Julia Bergen already was dealing with two cases of student homelessness. Then she heard about an influx of Guatemalan migrant children just released from federal detention, who had unexpectedly shown up in a Santa Fe school. Bergen is […]
By Celia Raney / NM News Port / Andrew Gunn is a philosophy student at UNM. He is experiencing homelessness. On February 19, when the University was closed for a snow day, Gunn was found sleeping in a practice room in Popejoy Hall by two UNM Police Department officers. Most universities, including the University of […]
By Celia Raney / NM News Port / At least some of the people experiencing homelessness in Albuquerque came by bus from cities in nearby states. It’s unclear to what extent those bus tickets were meant to help reconnect people with family or to simply get them out of town, but the practice is adding […]
By Celia Raney / NM News Port / No one pays more attention to the streets on a Saturday night than Bishop. He’s looking for people sleeping on sidewalks, standing on corners, trying to stay warm on bus-stop benches. “This city is broken, this city is in trouble,” he said. He’s talking about the growing […]
By Christian Marquez / NM News Port / Nicole Leyba saw human misery while working with Rohingya refugees in Myanmar, but after she came home to Albuquerque she encountered another group in crisis when she took a job at New Day Youth and Family Services, a runaway and homeless youth shelter. “I had no […]
By Tom Hanlon / NM News Port / Homeless, addicted to stimulants and struggling with mental illness, Leighann had given up. In October of 2016, Leighann (whose last name was withheld for her safety) was in trouble with the law and got evicted from her parent’s house, leaving them with her four year old son. […]
By Nichole Harwood / NM News Port Albuquerque, NM — On July 12, 2017 local bakery Golden Crown Panaderia was broken into, two thieves caught on camera lifting a handful of cash and two bottles of vanilla syrup. The owner, Chris Morales wants to reach out a helping hand. In his own research, he […]
