Marc Rittle is the executive director of New Bethany Ministries, a South Side organization offering support to people experiencing hunger, poverty and homelessness. Federal funds or not, we need to look at the successful strategies we implemented during the peak of the crisis. This program has already saved dozens of families from becoming homeless, thereby curbing the South Side housing crisis just a little bit more. Housing FirstThe best way to solve the unhoused crisis is to place people in housing. In conclusionThe City of Bethlehem and the Bethlehem Housing Authority are about to enter the planning stages of a massive conversion of public housing to mixed-income housing in North Side Bethlehem.

Source: New York Times October 04, 2023 00:41 UTC