The stalled Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has issued just $1.2 million of the $2.7 billion on hand to landlords owed pandemic-related back rent.
housing
Nonprofit’s Proposal Would Provide Apartments to Homeless CUNY Students
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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.
Housing and Development
NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families
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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 temporary shelter—and the business of handing those same owners tens of millions of dollars for their buildings.
Housing and Development
NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations
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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 tenants say they’re hamstrung by inefficiencies.
shelters
Judge Halts Homeless Hotel Transfers Until City Accommodates Residents With Disabilities
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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 request “reasonable accommodations” at least five days before a transfer, the judge ruled.
Housing and Development
Formerly Homeless Families Go Two Months Without Gas at Harlem Apartment Complex
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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 to shelters while they await a large-scale fix with no definitive timeline.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court
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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.
COVID-19
As They Return to Group Shelters, Homeless New Yorkers Make Vaccine Choices
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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.
Housing and Development
LinkedIn Profiles, College Diplomas and Photos of Your Kid: The Invasive World of NYC Apartment Hunting
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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 them) and which were both.
Transportation
Bronx Residents—And a Developer—Weigh in on What Future Metro-North Stations Might Bring
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The MTA will add four new Metro North stations to the East Bronx as part of its Penn Station Access Initiative. The Department of City Planning is researching the best ways to develop the surrounding neighborhoods, and garnering public feedback.
nyc budget
NYC’s New $98.7 Billion Budget Bolsters Rental Subsidy for Homeless Families
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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 last year’s cuts.