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With the city’s hotel shelter transfers once again imminent, City Limits reached out to nonprofit providers to talk with shelter staff and visit the buildings where the city puts up…

ByDavid Brand 27 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Education Housing and Homelessness

Nonprofit’s Proposal Would Provide Apartments to Homeless CUNY Students

A 2019 survey of CUNY undergraduates found that 14 percent had been homeless over the previous year—including 18 percent of community college students—while 55 percent said they experienced housing insecurity.

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families

The 14 building-deal marks the third time the city has purchased cluster site properties to convert into permanent homes. It also illustrates the complicated reliance on bad landlords to provide…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations

With seven weeks to go before state eviction protections expire, New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has yet to cut a single check, and the organizations tasked with helping…

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

Judge Halts Homeless Hotel Transfers Until City Accommodates Residents With Disabilities

The city must provide written notice to shelter residents at least a week before scheduled moves out of hotels, and ensure those with disabilities are informed of the right to…

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

Formerly Homeless Families Go Two Months Without Gas at Harlem Apartment Complex

The property owner, a company connected to an infamous family of landlords, has yet to begin repairs, and tenants in six apartments say building staff have pressured them to return…

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings.

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

As They Return to Group Shelters, Homeless New Yorkers Make Vaccine Choices

Several people staying in hotels during the pandemic said the city’s plan to send them back to group shelters motivated them to get the shot.

ByDavid Brand 24 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness

LinkedIn Profiles, College Diplomas and Photos of Your Kid: The Invasive World of NYC Apartment Hunting

City Limits talked to several renters about their weirdest landlord demands and checked in with three housing attorneys to determine which requests were legal, which were bizarre (hint: all of…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s New $98.7 Billion Budget Bolsters Rental Subsidy for Homeless Families

New York City lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a new $98.7 billion budget that bolsters a key rental subsidy for homeless residents and restores some funding to social service providers following…

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

David Brand

At a Brooklyn Homeless Shelter, Staff and Residents Readying for Return

Nonprofit’s Proposal Would Provide Apartments to Homeless CUNY Students

NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families

NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations

Judge Halts Homeless Hotel Transfers Until City Accommodates Residents With Disabilities

Formerly Homeless Families Go Two Months Without Gas at Harlem Apartment Complex

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

As They Return to Group Shelters, Homeless New Yorkers Make Vaccine Choices

LinkedIn Profiles, College Diplomas and Photos of Your Kid: The Invasive World of NYC Apartment Hunting

NYC’s New $98.7 Billion Budget Bolsters Rental Subsidy for Homeless Families

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