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New York City is taking on the issue of homelessness with a new approach that aims to not only find permanent homes for those living in shelters, but also prevent New Yorkers from losing their homes in the first place. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday tha ..Read More

The city’s leading advocacy group for the homeless says in its annual report that the state and the city need to do more to help homeless adults living in the city’s shelters and on the streets. “I have yet to meet a homeless person on the street who wou ..Read More

In the 10 years since he tested positive for H.I.V., David Goode has grown weary of the stigma and the ostracism that have accompanied his diagnosis. Among the most searing rejections were those from landlords and realtors, who told him time and again they wou ..Read More

In the overheated U.S. housing market, just complaining about a leaky ceiling can land you on the street. Randy Dillard was living with five kids in a four-bedroom house in the Bronx when he informed his landlord of a persistent drip. Dillard rented his $1,800 ..Read More

Robert Negron, 60, has been shuttled between more nursing homes than he can remember – at least six and perhaps as many as 20 – before landing in his current bed at Beth Abraham Health Services in the Bronx. The instability has been wearing on Negron, a Cr ..Read More

One of the people I greatly admire is Khadijah Williams, a young woman who was homeless for much of her childhood. Khadijah bounced from home to home, shelter to shelter, from the time she was 6. “I can’t count how many times I’ve been forced to move,” ..Read More

Shanta Owens was back in one of the many job-training sessions she’s been forced to attend in the 15 years she’s been on welfare. Only this time, instead of handing out job listings, the instructor gave her a piece of chocolate. “Sometimes in ..Read More

Private landlords who have blanket bans on renting to people with criminal records are in violation of the Fair Housing Act and can be sued and face penalties for discrimination, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development said. Julián Castro, the ..Read More

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced on Thursday that they had reached a budget agreement that would raise the minimum wage in New York City to $15 by the end of 2018, but initiate slower increases elsewhere, even in the city’s wealth ..Read More