De Blasio’s Affordable Housing Plan Still Falls Short for Poorest NYers Posted on July 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Department of Housing Preservation And Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer celebrated the latest milestone in Mayor de Blasio’s controversial Housing New York Plan on Thursday, pointing out an increase in the program’s least expensive ap ..Read More
What It’s Like to Job Hunt When You’re Homeless Posted on July 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Post Until recently, Lily Grays was homeless — and even after dozens of interviews, she still can’t find steady work. But she’s hoping her past experience and people skills can help her land a gig in office administration or customer service. This is the seco ..Read More
Legislator Vows to Continue Homeless Subsidy Push Posted on July 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Nonprofit Media A bill that may have started to chip away at New York’s homelessness problem stalled in the Republican-dominated state Senate, where legislators weren’t as familiar with “the severity of the crisis,” or didn’t fully appreciate how it could help their ..Read More
Number of Homeless People in City Up by 39% in Just One Year Posted on July 5, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The number of homeless people living on city streets surged by nearly 40% this year, according to the results of an annual count. There were 3,892 homeless people on the street, the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate done in February found — up 39% since ..Read More
Annual Street Homeless Count Shows 40 Percent Increase Over 2016 Posted on July 5, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Volunteers with the Department of Homeless Services counted 3,892 homeless individuals on New York City streets in one night this past February, a 39 percent increase over 2016’s Hope Count. In 2016, 2,794 people were counted. The results of the annual, ..Read More
Thousands of Rent-Stabilized Apartments at Risk as NYC Phases Out Controversial Homeless Shelter Program Posted on June 29, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist As many as 3,000 rent-stabilized apartments could be deregulated as the city phases out the notoriously dysfunctional cluster site homeless shelter program. Created in 2000 as a stopgap measure, the cluster program places homeless families in private apartment ..Read More
Helping Homeless New Yorkers by the Books Posted on June 28, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in CityLab A little after 10 a.m. on a humid Thursday in June, a fan is already whirring in the Bedford Avenue branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The building has just opened, but already people are pushing through the doors and posting up at computer stations or tab ..Read More
House Republicans Want to Kill a Key Federal Housing Policy. City Hall Is Not Happy. Posted on June 23, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Real Deal City Hall and several nonprofits defended Housing First, a federal policy guideline designed to help homeless people find housing, after 23 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to drop the policy. “We ful ..Read More
Advocates Hope for Last-Minute Homelessness Push Posted on June 20, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City and State Advocates are pushing state legislators to pass bills and embrace partnerships and proposals that would chip away at the homelessness problem before the state legislative session ends Wednesday. As the number of New York City residents in homeless shelters has ..Read More
