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By Pete Dinelli | May 9, 2023
A shanty town is loosely defined as an area of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks of poor construction that lack adequate infrastructure including proper sanitation, safe water supply, electricity and street drainage and parking.
By New Mexico Sun Report | May 9, 2023
Rampant vandalism and crime are causing a business owner to consider closing her doors only weeks after opening.
By New Mexico Sun Report | May 7, 2023
A deadly shooting in the Motel 6 parking lot has renewed concerns about crime from neighbors who live near the Coors and Iliff intersection just south of I-40 on the west side of Albuquerque.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Apr 4, 2023
An issue that was hotly debated in Albuquerque is now a topic of discussion in Santa Fe as officials mull city-endorsed homeless camps in the city.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Mar 13, 2023
Business owners near First Street and Interstate Highway 40 say the homeless problem that existed when Coronado Park was closed has made its way to their neighborhood.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Feb 28, 2023
Several groups are appealing the city's efforts to launch an ordinance designed to address the city's homelessness problem.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Feb 18, 2023
An Albuquerque cemetery is dealing with trash issues that are the result of homeless people using its grounds.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Feb 1, 2023
The city of Albuquerque is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico, among others, to stop the destruction of encampments and property, as well as jailing and fining people.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Jan 28, 2023
Two state lawmakers slept among the homeless recently to learn more about living on the streets and what it might take to get people off the streets.
By Pete Dinelli | Jan 10, 2023
On Monday, December 19, the ACLU and the NM Center on Law & Poverty filed a “Class Action Complaint For Violations of Civil Rights and for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief” against the City of Albuquerque on behalf 8 Plaintiffs alleging they are homeless.
By Sam Jackson | Dec 20, 2022
Colleen Aycock believes the city of Albuquerque is doing the local homeless population, and the city itself, a disservice by promoting its "Housing Forward" plan to convert motels into temporary housing, calling the program "poorly conceived."
By Pete Dinelli | Dec 15, 2022
“Motel conversions” is a plan where the City’s Family & Community Services Department will acquire and renovate existing motels to develop low-income affordable housing options.
By New Mexico Sun Report | Dec 14, 2022
Karl Holme, executive director of the Greater Albuquerque Hotel & Lodging Association, fully supports Bob Reule of the Menaul Business Coalition in opposing the implementation of Safe Outdoor Spaces.
By T.H. Lawrence | Dec 14, 2022
At least eight organizations have filed appeals against the Dawn Legacy Point Safe Outdoor Spaces homeless tent encampment, asking the Albuquerque City Planning Department to reverse its decision and deny the Safe Outdoor Space application of Dawn Legacy for 1250 Menaul Blvd. NE.
By Judy Young | Oct 31, 2022
It’s nice to see that my opponent has finally come to the table regarding the issue of behavioral health in homelessness in Albuquerque and Bernallilo County and the need to ‘triage’ for identification and treatment.
By David Beasley | Oct 14, 2022
Loretta Naranjo Lopez, president of the Santa Barbara Martineztown Neighborhood Association (SBMTNA), was cautiously optimistic following a City of Albuquerque land use hearing officer's ruling halting progress on the city sanctioned homeless encampment planned in close proximity to The Menaul School.
By Andy Nghiem | Oct 13, 2022
In response to the appeals filed by the Santa Barbara Martineztown Neighborhood Association, the Menaul School, and several local businesses, City of Albuquerque Land Use Hearing Officer Steven Chavez (LUHO) issued an October 10 ruling remanding the Dawn Legacy Pointe “safe outdoor space” (SOS) homeless encampment application back to planning.
By Pete Dinelli | Oct 13, 2022
On Sept. 30, a debate was held between Democrat Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Republican candidate TV weatherman Republican Mark Ronchetti.
By David Beasley | Oct 6, 2022
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently asked for more federal law enforcement help in New Mexico, prompting pushback from state Republicans.
By George Willis | Oct 3, 2022
Disabled veterans faced hardships and danger while serving the country. Now they say they are facing the same challenges trying to live on Chama Street in Albuquerque.
