In 2005 Mayor Bloomberg broke with a longstanding and successful New York City policy which targeted scarce Federal housing resources—including Section 8 vouchers and public housing—to homeless famili...(more)
This summer, at the urging of the Bloomberg administration, New York State officials approved the implementation of punitive new rules that will result in many homeless children and adults in New York...(more)
In February, amidst record homelessness in New York City, Governor Paterson released a budget proposal that would cut more than 0 million from homeless services. If enacted, these cuts would result...(more)
Thousands of formerly homeless families are at risk of returning to shelter because of the City's flawed rental subsidy program, Advantage, which provides a maximum of two years of rental assistance t...(more)