NYC homeless still awaiting access to 1,500 city-funded apartments: ‘It’s definitely too slow’ Posted on July 1, 2022 by Yerelyn Nunez in NY Daily News The vacancy rate in New York City-funded apartments meant for homeless people has been cut nearly in half since Mayor Adams pledged about four months ago to overhaul the bureaucracy that was hampering his administration from filling the units, his top housing ..Read More
Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually Posted on June 21, 2022 by Yerelyn Nunez in City Limits For years, policymakers, journalists and everyday New Yorkers have used a daily census published by a single municipal agency to gauge the extent of the city’s homelessness crisis. On June 16, the day of the most recent report by the Department of Homeless S ..Read More
Mayor Adams’ new plan hints support for Fair Chance for Housing Posted on June 23, 2022 by Yerelyn Nunez in Amsterdam News Last week, Mayor Eric Adams quietly supported stronger anti-discrimination protections when renting from the private market for New Yorkers with criminal records in his new housing agenda. Read more… ..Read More
HUD announces $365M package to address unsheltered homelessness Posted on June 23, 2022 by Yerelyn Nunez in Smart Cities Dive The cost of buying and renting a home has skyrocketed in recent years in cities throughout the U.S., prompting a growing number of individuals to go unhoused and seek shelter in tent encampments. Read more… ..Read More
What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing? Posted on July 5, 2022 by Sarah Murphy in City Limits New York City officials have cleared a modest homeless encampment on East 9th Street at least 14 times since the start of 2022, city records show. A sweep last month may have been the most unsettling. Read more… ..Read More
‘Housing Cannot Be A Privilege’: Mayor Adams Releases Highly-Anticipated Housing Plan Posted on June 15, 2022 by Sarah Murphy in Gotham Gazette Five-and-a-half months into his administration, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday released a comprehensive plan for housing and homelessness that aims to build new mixed-income rental housing, preserve existing affordable units, improve public housing stock, expedit ..Read More
City staffing shortages lead to months-long waits for housing help Posted on June 9, 2022 by Sarah Murphy in NY1 Velvet Johnson Ross felt she was doing everything right in her quest for a city housing voucher. She had won a lottery apartment in Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town apartment complex; she had gotten all her documents together; local elected officials were c ..Read More
Adams Announces Plan to Fix New York City’s Growing Housing Crisis Posted on June 14, 2022 by Sarah Murphy in The New York Times Mayor Eric Adams laid out a blueprint to increase homeownership, reduce street homelessness and improve public housing. But housing groups say his budget, $1 billion short of what he had promised, will not be enough… ..Read More
Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness Posted on June 14, 2022 by Sarah Murphy in City Limits The new budget directs $2.4 billion to homeless services in the coming fiscal year, invests billions more in housing over the next decade and funds an increase to rental assistance programs, but is nevertheless facing criticism from advocates who say the spend ..Read More
