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Amid a steep rise in people living in shelter, few are exiting the system, and even fewer are finding housing, a City Limits analysis of public data shows.

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar News NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, May 14-20

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Securing the Future of New York’s Supportive Housing

“New York is a national model of supportive housing, which has been proven time and again to be among the most successful methods of ending chronic homelessness. But the system…

ByPascale Leone 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Housing and Homelessness

City Advises Migrants to Sleep in Chairs at Overnight ‘Drop-In Centers’

The mayor’s office said sleeping on the floor could be a fire hazard. But the rules appear to be sowing confusion, at least at one overnight site in Brooklyn, where…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Justice Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, April 23-29

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Migrants Reapplying for Shelter Still Face Waits, Lack of Beds Despite New Settlement Rules

City Hall says it has not yet begun implementing assessments of the “extenuating circumstances” that could earn newly arrived immigrants an extended shelter stay—while some seeking another placement continue to…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Stop Insurance Carriers From Discriminating Against Affordable Housing

“Our findings also show jarring evidence that insurance carriers blatantly discriminate against affordable housing projects, in some cases completely refusing to provide coverage to homes just based on where they…

ByRachel Fee 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

School Staffers in Shelters Are a Lifeline to NYC’s Homeless Families. Now Their Jobs Are at Risk.

Roughly $12 million in funding that pays the salaries of 100 community coordinators working across the city’s network of homeless shelters is set to run dry this summer, leaving the…

ByMichael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Land Use and Development

Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules

As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices “to make alternate arrangement” to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Event recap Government Housing and Homelessness

Ask a Housing Expert: The Potential of Rental Vouchers

City Limits’ Deputy Editor Emma Whitford recently sat down with Baaba Halm, vice president and New York market leader at the housing nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners, for a conversation about…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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