Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Level Up

City Studies

Level Up

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

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.

Break it Down!

Making Policy Public

Break it Down!

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?