HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Propose Raising Rent for Low-Income Americans Receiving Federal Housing Subsidies Posted on April 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson proposed far-reaching changes to federal housing subsidies Wednesday, tripling rent for the poorest households and making it easier for housing authorities to impose work requirements. Carson’s proposals, an ..Read More
Council Speaker Slams Slow Progress of de Blasio’s Supportive Housing Plan Posted on April 24, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News City Council Speaker Corey Johnson tore into the de Blasio administration for delays in its plan to build thousands of supportive housing apartments for formerly homeless New Yorkers. Mayor de Blasio promised in 2015 to create 15,000 supportive housing units o ..Read More
Homeless Deaths Surge Posted on April 13, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post Desperate to avoid an early death, Michael Jenkins finally found a doctor willing to operate on his damaged liver. But Jenkins knew all along that it was the recovery that was more likely to kill him out here on the city’s streets. Within days of the docto ..Read More
N.Y. Politicians Create $15M Affordable Housing Pilot Program to Battle Homelessness Posted on April 9, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News ALBANY — The recently enacted state budget creates a new affordable housing pilot program designed to help those who are homeless or at risk of losing their housing, the Daily News has learned. The $15 million for the “Fair Market Rent” pilot plan pushed ..Read More
In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America Posted on April 7, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times RICHMOND, Va. — Before the first hearings on the morning docket, the line starts to clog the lobby of the John Marshall Courthouse. No cellphones are allowed inside, but many of the people who’ve been summoned don’t learn that until they arrive. “Put i ..Read More
Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget Posted on March 30, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits Congestion pricing. Education spending. Preventing the affluent from getting doubly taxed by Trump’s new tax plan. There were a lot of competing priorities to be resolved in this year’s roughly $170 billion New York State budget, which by Friday morning wa ..Read More
Expert Points to Disconnect Between de Blasio Housing and Homelessness Plans Posted on March 22, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette The city’s homelessness crisis has been a major challenge for Mayor Bill de Blasio since he took office in 2014. While the crisis was growing over the course of decades, key decisions were made just a few years before de Blasio became mayor that appear to ha ..Read More
This is the Most Dangerous Time in Decades to Be an American Living in Poverty Posted on March 20, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Nation In recent months, the speed and force with which the Trump administration and conservative lawmakers have moved to make the lives of people with low incomes harder has been stunning and disorienting. To name a few damaging policy initiatives: a proposal to pun ..Read More
Evaluating the Rent Crisis Posted on March 20, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits Initial results from a survey on the city’s housing stock provide ample evidence that the city is still in a housing emergency and it’s necessary for rent regulations to be both preserved and strengthened, according to City Council members, de Blasio admin ..Read More
