Homelessness Archives - Page 42 of 100

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May 2021

State Lawmakers Vote to Extend Eviction Moratorium Through August, as Tenants Await Rent Relief Funds

The State Assembly and Senate passed a bill Monday that would extend the moratorium on most evictions—protections that lapsed May 1—through the end of August. A separate state initiative to…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2021

Opinion: Budget Can Offer a Down Payment Towards a Caring and Compassionate New Deal for NYC

‘We can address poverty and public health concerns by providing people the housing, social services and care they actually need—and by divesting from policing and incarceration.’

ByPaulette Soltani 0Comments

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May 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Video

What Would NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Do About Homelessness? Let’s Go to the Video

Homelessness survivors played a lead role in creating a video voters’ guide on family homelessness starring Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia, Ray McGuire, Dianne Morales and Scott Stringer.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Apr 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

City Limits Announces Three Additions to its Newsroom Staff

Ese Olumhense, David Brand and Liz Donovan will join the nonprofit’s editorial team this spring covering government, housing and climate change.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Apr 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Shafted in State Budget, Homeless Advocates Push City to Increase Value of Rental Vouchers

After the state budget deal failed to include a proposal for an Albany-funded rental voucher system, advocates are setting their sights on getting the City Council to pass Intro 146,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Apr 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

NYS Budget on Housing: Rent Relief Victory, Disappointment on NYCHA and Homelessness

While housing advocates say the budget deal included a major victory for tenants––creating a multi-billion dollar program for rent relief––it included less funds for NYCHA and homelessness prevention than stakeholders…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Apr 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Focus on Eradicating Child Homelessness

‘New York State could receive $23 billion as part of the ARPA, representing a once-in-a-lifetime financial base to significantly reduce childhood homelessness, a condition that often sets up the cycle…

ByMirtha Santana

ByErasma Beras-Monticciolo 0Comments

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Apr 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Supportive Housing is the Missing Piece from the Mayoral Housing Conversation

‘Supportive housing has been notably absent from most mayoral candidate housing discussions in spite of the fact that our homelessness crisis is the worst on record – and that it…

ByLaura Mascuch 1Comment

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Mar 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Simple Policy Reforms Can Help Ease NYC’s Housing Affordability Crisis

‘Our state and federal governments have a moral responsibility to go beyond emergency measures and implement systemic, long-term solutions that will direct more public resources to preventing eviction and homelessness.’

ByBea de la Torre and Lorraine Collins 1Comment

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Mar 2021

Government Opinion

Opinion: To Reach New York’s Most Vulnerable, Vaccines Must Literally ‘Hit the Streets’

‘To reach those currently experiencing homelessness, it is essential for organizations with longstanding visibility to be empowered and unrestricted to vaccinate in non-traditional settings. Imagine a popup clinic under the…

ByMark Jennings 1Comment

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