Is there a way Albany could provide enough temporary housing space so that no homeless person would ever have to sleep under a bridge or on the street — or be allowed to do so?
Homeless and the quest for Hub City Village
Written January 28th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
As happens every few months, there was talk about the homeless before the Albany City Council this week. Someone from the public, a board member of Creating Housing Coalition, brought it up.
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Tags: Albany homeless, Creating Housing Coalition, homeless, Hub City Village
Tags: Albany homeless, Creating Housing Coalition, homeless, Hub City Village
Council sells neighbors Hazelwood Park
Written September 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Hazelwood Park will be sold to three families living next door for $120,000, the Albany City Council decided on Wednesday.
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Tags: 17th avenue, Albany parks, Hazelwood Park, homeless, neighborhood parks
Tags: 17th avenue, Albany parks, Hazelwood Park, homeless, neighborhood parks
Homeless village drops bid for Hazelwood Park
Written September 21st, 2021 by Hasso Hering
The group planning to build a village of tiny houses for the homeless has withdrawn its offer to buy Albany’s Hazelwood Park for its project even though the offer is still listed on the city council’s agenda for Wednesday night.
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Tags: 17th avenue, Hazelwood Park, homeless, Hub City Village, tiny houses
Tags: 17th avenue, Hazelwood Park, homeless, Hub City Village, tiny houses
Dark topic on a sunny day: On homelessness
Written July 29th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
By definition, ending homelessness means having people find a roof over their heads. But as Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa has learned over more than 20 years as a volunteer working on housing, this is far more challenging than just providing a roof.
Albany’s approach to the homeless: ‘Solutions’
Written July 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Since April, Albany has been taking a new approach when police are called to respond to a problem with someone living on the street. You might call it the “shoe leather” system that gets people a path to being helped immediately and on the spot — “curbside” if you will. Casey Dorland, the administrative lieutenant […]
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Hanging out in center of a highway couplet
Surrounded by heavy traffic in the middle of Albany, there are two islands of lawn, flowers, bushes and trees. Lately the larger of the two has become a place for apparently homeless people to hang out.
Tags: Albany parks, Highway 20, Highway 99E, homeless, ODOT property, traffic islands