Today’s Read: City Asks Developers to Help by Housing Homeless in Affordable Units Posted on October 31, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone The Coalition has long called on the City to make full use of all permanent housing resources to turn the tide on record homelessness. In welcome news, the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development has announced a new regulation that will hel ..Read More
De Blasio Housing Czar Personally Tells Developers to House Homeless in Affordable Units Posted on October 27, 2016 by Joe Anuta in Crain's New York Business A top de Blasio official has been calling developers of affordable rental buildings about a new regulation that would require them to house homeless families—the administration’s latest attempt to stem the city’s record-setting shelter population ..Read More
Today’s Read: HUD Releases Long-Term Outcomes From the Family Options Study Posted on October 26, 2016 by Giselle Routhier Yesterday, HUD released the long-term results of its Family Options Study: the largest experimental study examining the impact of different housing interventions for homeless families. The study was done with 2,282 participants in 12 communities across the Uni ..Read More
New York Assemblymembers Will Seek Laws in 2017 to Help Homeless Pre-K Kids Stay in School Posted on October 25, 2016 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News Three state lawmakers say they will push a package of bills in the 2017 legislative session designed to make it easier for homeless preschool kids to get an education. The renewed effort comes after the city Independent Budget Office recently issued a report o ..Read More
New York City’s Unemployment Rate Rises Posted on October 25, 2016 by Josh Barbanel in The Wall Street Journal The robust New York City economy hit a speed bump in September as the unemployment rate rose sharply, state Labor Department figures show. The 5.8% rate in September is far below the average levels over the last decade, but up from 5.2% in September 2015. The ..Read More
Beware of Tactics Landlords Use to Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenants Posted on October 25, 2016 by Amy Zimmer and Jeanmarie Evelly in DNAinfo When Sarah Burns received a lease renewal from the landlord of her West Harlem apartment last year, she noticed something strange about the document: her name wasn’t on it. Despite having been on the lease for the rent-stabilized apartment for 8 years, t ..Read More
No Community is Off-Limits to Shelter NYC’s Homeless Posted on October 19, 2016 by The Editorial Board in amNewYork The refrain is the same in communities across New York City: not here. From Maspeth to Rockaway Beach, from East Elmhurst to Sunset Park, community members and local politicians are protesting NYC’s efforts to house homeless individuals and families in hotel ..Read More
Honest Talk About a Profound Problem: How New York City is Taking Strong Steps to Help the Homeless Posted on October 19, 2016 by Bill de Blasio in New York Daily News The Daily News Editorial Board, pointing to recent conflict, wrongfully asserted that my administration has made shelters too accessible — yet offered no real proposal on how to protect those on the edge of homelessness. Unfortunately, this position has cons ..Read More
Vote: Homeless New Yorkers Have a Voice Posted on October 18, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone With only three weeks until Election Day, it’s important that homeless New Yorkers prepare to exercise their right to vote. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS: The number of homeless New Yorkers sleeping in municipal shelters has risen 32 percent, reaching 61,464 peop ..Read More
