Mental Health Awareness Month: Housing and Support Posted on May 26, 2022 by Taysha Milagros Clark May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and too often, we hear people conflate mental illness and homelessness, thereby perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Such misconceptions deflect attention from the root causes of homelessness and obscure the underlying struct ..Read More
NYC Installs WiFi at Every Family Homeless Shelter Posted on May 25, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits In November 2020, after months of pandemic-induced school closures and remote learning, Legal Aid and the law firm Milbank filed a lawsuit on behalf of three families with children in shelter that accused the city of violating their state constitutional right ..Read More
Discrimination Weakens Tool for Reducing N.Y. Home Posted on May 25, 2022 by Mihir Zaveri in The New York Times Vouchers, which help people afford rent, have long been seen as a key to solving the nation’s housing woes. But in New York City, a broken oversight system is undermining their effectiveness, advocates say. ..Read More