Posted on April 18, 2016 by Kim Barker in The New York Times The New York Times, By Kim Barker Five bills will be introduced in the New York City Council on Wednesday that aim to tackle the problem of unregulated flophouses catering to addicts, people with mental illnesses and others who are trying to avoid homeless shelters. The flophouses, known as “three-quarter” houses because they are seen as somewhere between regulated halfway houses and actual homes, have spread across the city in recent years and were the subject of an investigation by The New York Times last year.
