More New Yorkers Facing Eviction are Getting Lawyers Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Next City When Garrett Wright first started at the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center (UJC), he was one of only two lawyers in the housing practice. It was a very busy time, back in 2008. “It was basically a lot of low-income, working-class tena ..Read More
Queens Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi Pushing to Have the Homeless Swap Shelters for Rent Subsidies Posted on September 13, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The chairman of the state Assembly Social Services Committee has begun quietly pushing a plan he says would reduce reliance on homeless shelters by creating a new rent subsidy to keep people in their homes. The plan by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), dub ..Read More
Back to School Posted on September 7, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Gazette Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Sarah Murphy, Director of Development for the Coalition for the Homeless, posed with the backpacks and other school supplies that were dropped off at Borough Hall in August by contributors donating to “Project: Back ..Read More
Under New Policy for Homeless Families, Children Can Miss Less School Posted on September 1, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Homeless families in New York City have long been forced into a difficult choice: In order to apply for housing, they must have their children skip school. Now, the city’s Department of Homeless Services is changing its policies to try to reduce the extraord ..Read More
More New Yorkers Facing Eviction Have Lawyers, But No Right to Counsel Yet Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Observer Mayor Bill de Blasio touted city investments in programs to provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction in housing court—but stopped short of endorsing the “right to counsel” that’s been advocated for in the City Council. “The investments we make in l ..Read More
Supportive Housing Right Way to Help Homeless Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork The numbers are stunning. On Sunday, more than 59,200 people slept in New York City shelters, including 23,433 children. As the shelters fill up, thousands of people who are homeless are housed in motels. Beyond that, NYC is trying to develop more permanent sh ..Read More
Today’s Read: Long Nights With Little Sleep for Homeless Families Seeking Shelter Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone A new policy brief by the Coalition highlights the current homelessness crisis for single adults, but the situation is similarly dire for the homeless families that make up more than three-quarters of the shelter population. As more New Yorkers grapple with th ..Read More
Cuomo’s ‘Pathetic’ Withholding of Promised Funds is Keeping Housing for the Homeless From Getting Built Posted on August 26, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Homelessness in New York City is at an all-time high thanks to the chronic housing shortage, wage stagnation (and for low-income workers, wage decline), and Governor Andrew Cuomo and former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s elimination of the Advantage rental as ..Read More
Long Nights With Little Sleep for Homeless Families Seeking Shelter Posted on August 28, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times On Wednesday, New York City hit a record 59,373 people in shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services. There is no clearer indicator of the homelessness crisis than in the Bronx at the intake center for families with children, where on a recent Sa ..Read More
