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Last year, 640 unhoused people died in shelters, hospitals or the streets, 4 percent higher than in 2020, when COVID-19 first struck New York City. The rise in fatalities was…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Mar 2022

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire

‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to…

BySiya Hegde 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Slow But Accelerating Crisis—Preserving Affordable Housing for Up to 1.4 Million NYers

The same combination of streamlined pension fund investments and public subsidies that worked so successfully in the 1980s and early 1990s, needs to be reinvigorated to preserve the city’s enormous…

ByMichael D. Lappin 1Comment

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Politics

Hochul, Lawmakers Look to Override NY’s Exclusionary Zoning Amid Housing Crunch

State leaders—including Kathy Hochul and one of her gubernatorial rivals, Tom Suozzi—are at odds over bills that would override local “exclusionary zoning” rules that prohibit homeowners from renting accessory dwelling…

ByDavid Brand 21Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

“This comes down to the inefficiencies of government,” said Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who represents Brooklyn’s 35th District. “We need to create systems that work for people, not against them.”

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth News Politics

Analysis: NYC’s Decades of Disconnect on Housing and Homelessness

Why has the number of homeless New Yorkers grown so much, even as the city spends billions on housing and homeless services? One part of the answer is that over…

ByDoug Turetsky 5Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

Administrative Obstacles Jam Up Moving Process for NYC Shelter Residents

CityFHEPS, the city’s rental subsidy, can be a life-changing resource for thousands of families and individuals and a crucial intervention for addressing homelessness, stakeholders say. But the administrative process for…

ByDavid Brand 16Comments

2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire

Opinion: A Slow But Accelerating Crisis—Preserving Affordable Housing for Up to 1.4 Million NYers

Hochul, Lawmakers Look to Override NY’s Exclusionary Zoning Amid Housing Crunch

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

Analysis: NYC’s Decades of Disconnect on Housing and Homelessness

Administrative Obstacles Jam Up Moving Process for NYC Shelter Residents

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