New York City Sues Landlords Who Refuse Government Vouchers Posted on June 20, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times For the past four years, New York City has tried to persuade landlords and real estate brokers to rent apartments to low-income people and homeless people with bonuses and pledges that rent would be guaranteed with government vouchers. The incentives have help ..Read More
A Supportive Housing Victory, and Much More To Do Posted on June 19, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette New York City is facing a crisis. There are more than 60,000 homeless individuals living in the city shelter system daily, and thousands more in shelters for survivors of domestic violence, youth, and those living with HIV/AIDS. An additional estimated 4,000 N ..Read More
City Touts Drop in Homelessness, But Advocates Call It PR Stunt Posted on June 19, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Patch The amount of homeless people living on the streets of New York City has dropped in the past year, according to city officials citing a count that was carried out on the night of January 22. But the claim was attacked by advocates working with the city’s ..Read More
Report Reveals How Much New Yorkers Have to Earn Per Hour to Rent an Apartment Posted on June 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in NBC New York It comes as no surprise that New York City’s housing market costs are high, but a new report reveals the level of unattainability when it comes to a minimum wage worker to be able to afford two-bedroom housing. According to the “Out of Reach” report rele ..Read More
A Minimum-Wage Worker Can’t Afford a 2-Bedroom Apartment Anywhere in the U.S. Posted on June 13, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post The economy’s booming. Some states have raised minimum wages. But even with recent wage growth for the lowest-paid workers, there is still nowhere in the country where someone working a full-time minimum wage job could afford to rent a modest two-bedroom apa ..Read More
Can a Subway Menace Be Reformed? Yes, He Says, With Housing Posted on June 11, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Carl Beamon lumbered through the halls of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan on a Wednesday afternoon last month. He made his way to the computer lab, where he settled between two other students. He liked getting to campus early. He liked being ..Read More
New York Is Ripping Up the Playbook on How It Shelters the Homeless Posted on May 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Los Angeles Times As Mayor Bill De Blasio headed toward reelection in 2017, he announced an ambitious plan to address one of New York City’s most intractable problems. Over the next five years, he said, the city would open 90 new homeless shelters. Gone would be the patch ..Read More
NYU Report Describes City in Housing Affordability Crisis Posted on May 24, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico In the high-octane world of New York City real estate, billionaires parking cash in exclusive Midtown condos and co-op boards interviewing dogs only reveal part of the picture. An NYU Furman Center report released Thursday portrays a city in crisis: Population ..Read More
Funding Cuts Threaten Grand Central Food Program’s Mobile Soup Kitchen Posted on May 22, 2018 by Nicole Edine in New York Nonprofit Media My daughter, like many nine-year-old kids, can be a bit dramatic. When she gets home from school she’ll often throw down her backpack and exclaim, “I’m starving!” I have to remind her that just outside our door and throughout the streets of the city, ..Read More
