David Brand, Author at City Limits

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…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

29

Apr 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Demands for Deeper NYC Homeless Aid Despite Budget Tightening

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.

ByDavid Brand 13 minRead time

27

Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Online Learning Means New Barriers for NYC’s Homeless Students

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.

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

11

Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Emergency Grants Can Help Stop Homelessness — if You Have a Lawyer

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.

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

19

Feb 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless

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.

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

06

Feb 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Amid Youth Homeless Crisis, NYC Has Ramped up Shelter Capacity

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…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

29

Jan 2020

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC’s Homeless Hotel Population Surges as City Grapples with Housing Crisis

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…

ByDavid Brand 18 minRead time

07

Jan 2020

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations