Posted on June 11, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Jennifer Fermino An alarming new study found the record numbers of homeless single adults in shelters will grow by a whopping 59% in five years if the city doesn’t get 30,000 units of supportive housing — nearly eight times the amount Gov. Cuomo has proposed. The Coalition for the Homeless report also found that taxpayers would pay more than $1.3 billion over the next decade in avoidable expenses on things like institutional care, shelter and hospital expenses.