Jason DeParle

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jason DeParle

Mr. Olivet cited the council's work in Long Beach, Calif., where homelessness rose more than 60 percent during the pandemic and a new mayor, Rex Richardson, declared an emergency after taking office in late 2022. Working with Mr. Olivet, he convened a summit last year on youth homelessness that included four levels of government (city, county, state and federal) and private groups to discuss strategy.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jason DeParle

In Atlanta, Mayor Dickens is a longtime supporter of affordable housing. Last year, the city committed $68 million toward a $212 million public-private campaign meant to house the city's entire homeless population. He has also called clearances essential to public safety. The Old Wheat Street encampment, where Mr. Taylor lived, sits in a gentrifying neighborhood a block from both the Ebenezer church and a National Park Service visitor's center that offers tours of Dr. King's childhood home.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Jason DeParle

The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.

Oct 14, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jason DeParle

Vice President Kamala Harris has made an expanded child tax credit central to her campaign, and former President Donald J. Trump boasts, "I doubled the child tax credit." With a quick look, voters might think the child-rearing subsidy the rare matter on which the rival candidates agree. It is anything but. The common vocabulary masks profound differences over which parents the government should help and what constitutes fairness for children in a country of great wealth and inequality.

Jun 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jason DeParle

Respite care for homeless people is rapidly growing, aimed at people well enough to leave the hospital but too sick for the street. Its rise reflects the aging of the unhoused population and the decade-long expansion of Medicaid, which helps cover the cost. Many programs also get subsidies from hospitals or insurance companies eager to shorten hospital stays or reduce readmissions.