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Aguila Inc., which once ran more than 40 homeless shelter sites in Manhattan and the Bronx, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Manhattan federal court after the city cut ties…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Needs Diverse Housing Solutions. Start By Legalizing SROs

‘Single room occupancy units are one of the earliest forms of affordable housing, allowing hundreds of thousands of working-class residents to live here. And yet, New York City has limited…

BySamuel Tran 4Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Far Fewer Homeless Families Using Rent Subsidies to Move Out of NYC

During the 2021 fiscal year, just 297 households using Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) grants found apartments in another state. It was the first time that the majority of SOTA…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Oct 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Eased Rules for Families Entering Homeless Shelters. Advocates Want the Changes Made Permanent

Prior to the pandemic, city policy forced entire families—including each school-aged child—to show up at a Bronx facility known as the PATH intake center to complete an initial assessment, which…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Cutting Ties with Troubled Homeless Services Provider Aguila, Inc.

The city’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) said it will stop contracting with Aguila to run the men’s shelter inside the Park View Hotel on West 110th St., across the…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

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

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

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Receives Long-Sought Grant to Tackle Youth Homelessness

It’s the first time that New York City has received the grant, despite counting roughly 7,400 homeless young people under age 24 without an adult head of household—often referred to…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Sep 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

Eric Adams Touts Hotel Conversions in Plan to Address Homelessness

The Democratic nominee for mayor says he wants to convert shuttered lodgings outside Manhattan into 25,000 units of supportive and permanently affordable housing. While his plan is light on details,…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

As a deepening humanitarian crisis inside the Rikers Island jail complex fuels efforts to release more detainees, a judge’s decision can come down to one key consideration: Do they have…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites

In June, the city spent $122 million to purchase 14 former cluster site buildings, turning them over to nonprofit organizations to fix up and operate as permanent housing. The organizations…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

Homeless Shelter Provider, Which Once Earned Millions in NYC Contracts, Declares Bankruptcy

Opinion: NYC Needs Diverse Housing Solutions. Start By Legalizing SROs

Far Fewer Homeless Families Using Rent Subsidies to Move Out of NYC

NYC Eased Rules for Families Entering Homeless Shelters. Advocates Want the Changes Made Permanent

NYC Cutting Ties with Troubled Homeless Services Provider Aguila, Inc.

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

NYC Receives Long-Sought Grant to Tackle Youth Homelessness

Eric Adams Touts Hotel Conversions in Plan to Address Homelessness

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites

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