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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

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Thousands Being Sent Back to Homeless Shelters in Return to Pre-Pandemic Status Quo

The city is moving hundreds of homeless adults from hotel rooms—rented in the early days of the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus—back into congregate shelters, where residents…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Every Level of Government Must Step Up to Address Family Homelessness

‘We need to strengthen the safety-net for families at risk of homelessness, and make sure that even as people get jobs they don’t lose their rental assistance.’

ByCatherine Trapani and Kim Maloney 0Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

NYC Set to Send Homeless Adults Back to Shelters as COVID-19 Rates Drop

Homeless New Yorkers have been bracing for a return to the barracks-style shelters for months. Nonprofit providers and DHS began sending letters as early as March urging homeless hotel residents…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Hotel Shelter Closure Scatters Families in Search of Permanent Homes

The 40 or so families living at the Hotel Ellington in Manhattan, where the city has been paying for rooms to house homeless New Yorkers for nearly two decades, were…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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May 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Homeless Shelters Workers Need Better Job Standards to Survive

‘The bills that make up the SOS Act, introduced by Council Members Francisco Moya and Diana Ayala, would raise the standards for workers like me to ensure that privately-run shelters…

ByLeonard Bell 6Comments

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May 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Seek ‘Transformative’ Solutions to Address Family Homelessness Crisis

‘The next mayor will inherit this crisis but has a tremendous opportunity with incoming federal funds and a wealth of experienced and committed providers, developers, and advocacy and philanthropic organizations…

ByRaysa Rodriguez, Michelle Mulcahy, Nicole Branca 2Comments

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

Thousands Being Sent Back to Homeless Shelters in Return to Pre-Pandemic Status Quo

Opinion: Every Level of Government Must Step Up to Address Family Homelessness

NYC Set to Send Homeless Adults Back to Shelters as COVID-19 Rates Drop

Hotel Shelter Closure Scatters Families in Search of Permanent Homes

Opinion: NYC’s Homeless Shelters Workers Need Better Job Standards to Survive

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Seek ‘Transformative’ Solutions to Address Family Homelessness Crisis

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