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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

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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

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Let’s Have a Compassionate Conversation About NYC Homelessness

‘For every supportive housing slot there are six applications. Nearly 45,000 New Yorkers, including 14,000 children, fill the shelter system. What we need now is the political will to invest…

ByTori Lyon 0Comments

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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

How Will NY’s Next Governor Kathy Hochul Address Housing and Homelessness?

The soon-to-be governor recently pledged to re-strengthen the state’s eviction moratorium after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key portion of the law, which expires at the end of…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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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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Aug 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Agrees to Fast-Track Rental Voucher Increase for Homeless New Yorkers

The City Council passed legislation in May to raise the CityFHEPS rate to Section 8 levels, but the measure would not take effect for at least six months unless the…

ByDavid Brand 24Comments

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

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

Opinion: Let’s Have a Compassionate Conversation About NYC Homelessness

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

How Will NY’s Next Governor Kathy Hochul Address Housing and Homelessness?

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

De Blasio Agrees to Fast-Track Rental Voucher Increase for Homeless New Yorkers

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