While the city has largely shuttered its network of emergency shelters for migrants, homeless families are still being housed in 110 hotels, the majority of which lack kitchens. Shelter-provided food…
“In New York City, frontline staff see stalled housing packages regularly. Families wait while apartments remain available. Landlords lose trust in voucher programs.”
The Mamdani administration is appealing a court decision compelling the city to expand the CityFHEPS rental assistance program—a suit he said he’d drop—after negotiations with advocates and City Council leaders…
Mamdani administration officials told the City Council this week that outreach teams have cleared 40 homeless encampments since January, and referred 85 people to the shelter system, though did not…
“Homeless and at-risk New Yorkers need a lifeline in the immediate term, and the governor must join the Assembly and the Senate in expanding the HAVP pilot to $250 million.”
“These are conversations that will deliver dignity to New Yorkers by getting those leaks fixed, by restoring that heat, by putting an end to the kinds of unaffordable fees that…
“This is life-changing work that we all agree is necessary to keep New York families safe, housed, and together,” the authors write. “Yet, year after year, the city becomes increasingly…
A new rental assistance program launching this week will help some low income households afford rent. But its reach is far smaller than advocates hoped, and isn’t keeping up with…
For decades, the 30th Street Shelter near Bellevue Hospital has been the main entry point for men and adult families entering the city’s homeless shelters. Officials will close it this…
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