Mapping the Future
No Longer a ‘Cluster Site,’ But Problems Remain for Tenants
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Dead rodents, broken lights and missing smoke detectors are among the issues at one property moved out of the controversial housing program.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Why You Aren’t Homeless: How Privilege & Fortune Shape the Shelter Census
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Sure, choices matter. But race, gender, wealth, health and identity play an outsized role in exposing New Yorkers to the risk of homelessness.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Calls for More Aftercare to Keep Homeless From Returning to Shelters
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Advocates and providers say many more families need intensive ongoing support to avoid a return to shelter amid an historic homelessness crisis — even before the COVID-19 outbreak forced thousands of low-income breadwinners out of work.
Housing and Development
Demands for Deeper NYC Homeless Aid Despite Budget Tightening
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As formal budget negotiations get under way homeless advocates have outlined a series of long-term priorities and acute coronavirus-related needs they say the city must fund.
Coronavirus
Online Learning Means New Barriers for NYC’s Homeless Students
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Online learning is a challenge for many students and their families. For the thousands of kids living in homeless shelters, the obstacles are even higher.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Emergency Grants Can Help Stop Homelessness — if You Have a Lawyer
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Nearly 900,000 families may have received ‘one-shot deals’ from the city over the past decade, but chances are only those who had an attorney—as well as a check—avoided eviction.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless
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Home Stability Support has the support of tenants’ rights advocates and the landlord lobby, but there’s a major snag: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has resisted it.
Homelessness
Amid Youth Homeless Crisis, NYC Has Ramped up Shelter Capacity
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The city now operates 753 shelter beds for young people between ages 16 and 20 across the city, a 500-bed increase over what existed when Mayor Bill de Blasio took office in 2014.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
NYC’s Homeless Hotel Population Surges as City Grapples with Housing Crisis
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When Mayor de Blasio in 2017 announced a plan to end the use of hotels as homeless shelters by 2023, there were about 7,500 homeless people in hotel rooms paid for by the city. Today, there are 11,750.
Homelessness
Thousands of NYC’s Homeless Parents were Recently Kids Themselves
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Parents account for the majority of homeless unaccompanied New Yorkers under age 25, according to city data,