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Community Leaders: Lack of Affordable Housing a Barrier for Homelessness

Several panelists said one of the biggest challenges facing the Oneonta community is the lack of affordable housing. According to data from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 2025 fair market rental rate for a one-bedroom apartment in Otsego County is $957.00 per month. For many working residents, that cost is out of reach, contributing to housing instability.…
March 13, 2025

Oneonta warming site at capacity

Oneonta's warming station at 189 Chestnut Street. (Kevin Limiti/AllOtsego.com) Oneonta warming site at capacity By Kevin Limiti Opportunities for Otsego and the Oneonta Police Department are exploring strategies to get homeless people in the area sheltered now that winter is here. An executive order issued by former Governor Andrew Cuomo says that after temperatures go below 32 degrees, the homeless must be sheltered. Catholic Charities, the Main Street Baptist Church, Otsego County Department of Social Services, and other religious groups…
November 25, 2021

A Warming Shelter Planned – But Where? Asks Committee

A Warming Shelter Planned, But Where? Asks Committee Jennifer Shuman, the Medical Affairs Staff Coordinator and Ethics Board member at A.O. Fox Hospital, addresses the Caring for the Homeless Collaborative at their meeting this evening. (James Cummings/AllOTSEGO.com) By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Plans for The Caring for the Homeless Collaborative's proposed warming station can get underway once a location is determined, the group discussed today during their meeting. “We’ve come up with a couple of locations,…
December 16, 2019

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

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