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Families with children now spend nearly 18 months on average in Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelters—two and half months longer than the previous fiscal year, according to Mayor Bill…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2021

Uncategorized

City’s Effort to Move Homeless Back to Group Shelters Contradicts Earlier Health Dept. Guidance, Documents Show

In correspondence between city and state agencies in May, before the state lifted COVID-19 restrictions, the Health Department recommended halting hotel shelter transfers if the city saw a major variant…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

Many of the issues homeless new Yorkers with health problems face—abrupt transfers, inaccessible accommodations, shelters in isolated areas—existed long before the pandemic, but they have been laid bare as Mayor…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Aug 2021

Housing and Homelessness

After Outcry, NYC Opens Emergency Housing Vouchers to More Homeless New Yorkers

The city’s previous policy, which City Limits reported on last month, blocked adults approved for supportive housing—permanent apartments with on-site staff, typically reserved for people with mental illness—from even applying…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Aug 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Judge Temporarily Bars NYC’s Transfer of Homeless From Hotels to Shelters—Again

Several residents with disabilities say they were sent to buildings that did not meet their needs: Some were transferred to a hotel without a working elevator, and one woman who…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Locks Out Many Homeless Applicants From New Federal Rent Assistance, Advocates Say

Adults approved for supportive housing will be precluded from applying for the federal rent vouchers—which attorneys and advocates say cuts off a path to housing for thousands of shelter residents…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

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

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 2Comments

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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 1Comment

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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 0Comments

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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 0Comments

NYC Children Have Longer Stays in Shelter, Even as Family Homelessness Declines

City’s Effort to Move Homeless Back to Group Shelters Contradicts Earlier Health Dept. Guidance, Documents Show

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

After Outcry, NYC Opens Emergency Housing Vouchers to More Homeless New Yorkers

Judge Temporarily Bars NYC’s Transfer of Homeless From Hotels to Shelters—Again

NYC Locks Out Many Homeless Applicants From New Federal Rent Assistance, Advocates Say

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

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

Judge Halts Homeless Hotel Transfers Until City Accommodates Residents With Disabilities

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

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