When you think about New York City, what do you think of? Wall Street? Fancy business ventures? The place where dreams come true? That’s certainly how I thought of it when I moved here from the Philippines at age seven.
But there’s another side to the city.
In 2021, about 1 in 10 public school students experienced some type of homelessness. That’s around 100,000 children. Quite surprising for the financial capital of the world.
In the city of billionaires and luxury brands, how could so many not have access to something as basic and foundational to life as stable housing?
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