Year: 2022

The arrival of thousands of migrants this summer has stretched the shelter system to the breaking point. Read more… ..Read More

The Legal Aid Society says New York City officials admitted to more violations of right-to-shelter laws after failing to provide beds to at least 60 single men at a Manhattan intake center on Monday night. Read more… ..Read More

During the most recent fiscal year, just 16 percent of New Yorkers approved by the city for supportive housing were actually placed with an apartment. More than half of the 7,426 eligible applicants during that time were never even referred for an interview, a ..Read More

A six-month cap on stays and a lack of permanent housing options have combined to drive more than 1,550 families out of domestic violence shelters and directly into the Department of Homeless Services system over the past two years, records show. Read moreR ..Read More

New York’s shelter system is facing a test of historic proportions after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made the callous and cruel decision to send busloads of asylum seekers to our city. Read more… ..Read More

Around 7,600 migrants have poured into New York over the last several weeks — many on buses from Texas courtesy of Gov. Greg Abbott — straining an already-shaky social service network. Read more… ..Read More

Overwhelmed city officials are struggling to provide a promised intake center and hotel rooms to migrants being shipped by the busload from Texas to the Big Apple, The Post has learned. Read more… ..Read More

Following months of outrage from a City Councilmember and a group of vocal Briarwood residents, a proposed homeless shelter for the neighborhood will now have an age restriction on the population it soon will serve. Read more… ..Read More

A look at how communities are making progress helping people who are homeless. Read more… ..Read More