Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits The pandemic has laid bare the economic and health-related vulnerabilities facing so many New Yorkers and highlighted the urgent need to provide everyone with access to both affordable housing and quality health care. Indeed, one of the most salient lessons of ..Read More
It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Originally published on City Limits. The pandemic has laid bare the economic and health-related vulnerabilities facing so many New Yorkers and highlighted the urgent need to provide everyone with access to both affordable housing and quality health care. Indee ..Read More
De Blasio wants homeless New Yorkers to be moved from hotels to shelters Posted on June 16, 2021 by Anna Lucente Sterling and Shannan Ferry in NY1 NEW YORK — The city intends to move thousands of homeless New Yorkers who have been staying in hotels back into shelters, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. Shelter residents were moved to hotels temporarily to accommodate social-distancing require ..Read More
8,000 Homeless People to Be Moved From Hotels to Shelters, New York Says Posted on June 16, 2021 by Andy Newman in The New York Times New York City plans to move about 8,000 homeless people out of hotel rooms and back to barrackslike dorm shelters by the end of July so that the hotels can reopen to the general public, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. When the pandemic lockdo ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates Urge NYC to Ban Criminal Background Checks for Apartment Applicants Posted on June 9, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Stable housing is an essential foundation to help people reentering the community after incarceration get back on their feet, but too many people with records are denied this opportunity because they encounter discrimination as they seek housing. This discrimi ..Read More
Homeless New Yorkers Lead a Push for Better Rental Vouchers Posted on June 8, 2021 by Jared Brey in Next City Milton Perez has spent years in New York’s shelter system, often sleeping in dormitory-style rooms with up to 20 other people and just three or four feet of space on either side of his bed. Last May, as part of the city’s emergency response to the Covid-19 ..Read More
