On November 21st 2013, our group met and interviewed Peter Brest, The Cheif Operating Officer of the Metropolitan council on Jewish Poverty we learned a lot about the current problems that has to do with public housing and lack of employment. We also were able discuss different statistics and facts about things such as homelessness,employment,and housing. According to what Peter said, the solution to possibly ending poverty would be all about employment, not just about handing out money to people in need. He talked about jobs, how you need a good education to get a good job, and all of the jobs that practically anyone can get are disappearing. This is because many of the industries would rather make machines do many of the jobs rather than employees because it is more profitable. We also addressed the problems with public housing. New York housing has become more and more popular, meaning that many wealthy people are moving to New York to live. This makes it harder for people in New York who are living in poverty, because housing developers want to target the wealthy people because and make super luxurious apartments that will have a super high rent. Because of this, there is no more space for things such as public housing.
