One in ten students enrolled in city schools are homeless — but Mayor de Blasio won’t pay for social workers who’d make a huge difference those needy kids’ lives, local politicians charge. De ... Read More
T. Campbell was walking home on the Upper West Side earlier this year when she encountered two reporters for the New York Post. They wanted to know what her living conditions were like. Campbell, along ... Read More
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is looking to require more apartments for the homeless through city-financed housing deals as it bats away a City Council proposal that would legislate a similar requirement. As ... Read More
Jacqueline Davis walked into the Bronx's housing court hoping to stop her landlord from evicting her from the one-bedroom apartment she has lived in for nearly 30 years. The 74-year-old retiree says ... Read More
The single best thing that New York’s state government could do to improve housing policy is to provide more rent assistance to pay part of the rent for tenants in imminent danger of becoming homeless ... Read More
Asm. Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), chair of the Assembly’s Social Services Committee, discussed Home Stability Supports, that prevent families on the brink of homelessness from losing their homes Read More