Thousands of Rent-Stabilized Apartments at Risk as NYC Phases Out Controversial Homeless Shelter Program Posted on June 29, 2017 by Nathan Tempey in Gothamist As many as 3,000 rent-stabilized apartments could be deregulated as the city phases out the notoriously dysfunctional cluster site homeless shelter program. Created in 2000 as a stopgap measure, the cluster program places homeless families in private apartment ..Read More
How to Help Homeless Families: Permanent Housing Posted on June 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With 15,328 families – including 23,000 children – sleeping in NYC shelters tonight, many New Yorkers and organizations have endeavored to understand how we arrived at such a crisis, as well as how to reverse the trend. In the past few weeks, the Family Ho ..Read More
Helping Homeless New Yorkers by the Books Posted on June 28, 2017 by Jessica Leigh Hester in CityLab A little after 10 a.m. on a humid Thursday in June, a fan is already whirring in the Bedford Avenue branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The building has just opened, but already people are pushing through the doors and posting up at computer stations or tab ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Navigating the Shelter System as a Family with Children Posted on June 29, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare on “Oversight – From PATH to Permanency: Navigating the Shelter System as a Family with Children.” C ..Read More
Today’s Read: Members of Congress Question Housing First Posted on June 27, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Research over the past few decades has shown that providing people with a permanent home and appropriate support services can give them the stability they need to subsequently overcome other challenges such as mental illness or substance use disorders. Housing ..Read More
House Republicans Want to Kill a Key Federal Housing Policy. City Hall Is Not Happy. Posted on June 23, 2017 by Konrad Putzier in The Real Deal City Hall and several nonprofits defended Housing First, a federal policy guideline designed to help homeless people find housing, after 23 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to drop the policy. “We ful ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates Hope for Last-Minute Homelessness Push Posted on June 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone As the State legislative session draws to a close today, much work remains in combatting the homelessness crisis across New York. While this session brought major victories – such as the release of funds for the first 6,000 supportive housing units of Gov. C ..Read More
Advocates Hope for Last-Minute Homelessness Push Posted on June 20, 2017 by Dan Rosenblum in City and State Advocates are pushing state legislators to pass bills and embrace partnerships and proposals that would chip away at the homelessness problem before the state legislative session ends Wednesday. As the number of New York City residents in homeless shelters has ..Read More
Strengthen Rent Regulation Rules Amid Homeless Crisis, Task Force Urges Posted on June 20, 2017 by Amy Zimmer in DNAinfo The state’s outdated rent stabilization rules aren’t enough to stamp out the city’s soaring homeless crisis — as skyrocketing rent prices let owners drop out of the program once a vacant unit’s price hits $2,700 per month, according to a ..Read More
