Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

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.

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Happy Meals?

City Studies

Happy Meals?

Care Aware

City Studies

Care Aware