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Managing the homeless population on and around The University of New Mexico campus is a balancing act. On the one hand, many in the campus community have genuine compassion for the individuals who, through no fault of their own, are on the streets due to...

University of New Mexico senior Blake Hautzinger had heard the jokes about eating a lot of ramen in college. But they didn’t seem the type who would need to worry: The child of college educated parents who paid for tuition and fees to subsidize a...

A 2017 report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness notes that more than 500,000 people in the United States are experiencing homelessness. Of those, about 2,500 live in New Mexico.  It’s a statistic The University of New Mexico is looking to...

A new report from The University of New Mexico Institute for Social Research (ISR) could help change the way cities, counties and states deal with homelessness. The study, which researchers say is one of the most comprehensive looks at the economic impact of homelessness to-date, shows it actually costs less to house chronically homeless people than to leave them on the streets.