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In the three days before the final State of the City address before he faces re-election, Mayor de Blasio unveiled two major shifts to address critics of his housing policies. On Friday, he revealed a major shift toward lower-income families in the allocation ..Read More

Funding just doubled for the city’s well-supported “right to counsel” initiative, turning the free legal aid pilot program into a full-fledged city service, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Councilmembers announced Sunday. Low-income tenants who earn up to ..Read More

Cecilia Grant is not used to this. Ten years ago, when issues arose in her family, she made plans to relocate to Florida. Today, she considers that relocation one of the biggest mistakes of her life. When she returned to New York in the winter of 2013, rising ..Read More

Nearly four decades ago, Ellen Baxter and I set out to document the predicament of New York’s street-dwelling poor. Released in 1981, Private Lives / Public Spaces confirmed what was already open secret: the city’s emergency shelter system was failing badl ..Read More

It’s cold and dark, and this family is looking for a placement in a homeless shelter in the middle of winter. It’s a convoluted, bureaucratic and sometimes punishing process that starts at an intake center in the Bronx, where families often sit for ..Read More

Corey Bates lost his apartment when the rent was increased. His work hours were cut. So in January 2015, he jumped when a nonprofit agency referred him to a program called Back on Track that promised him temporary housing and a permanent home in six months. Th ..Read More

Advocates pushing for $2 billion in supportive housing funding feel like they’re in the movie Groundhog Day: The same promise keeps getting proposed, but nothing changes. The coalition of groups pushing for the funding on Thursday, the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housi ..Read More

“This doesn’t just happen to those people,” said Jennifer Garris. “Anyone can become homeless.” Ms. Garris has a Masters degree and was a special education teacher for 24 years. But after her husband passed away, she struggled with depression and alc ..Read More

With a growing homeless crisis in the city, New York State is sitting on roughly $2 billion in housing funds that have yet to be released. Zack Fink filed the following report. For state lawmakers representing the city of New York, any funds the state can prov ..Read More