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‘HSS would ensure that our state’s most vulnerable residents can continue to afford rent and remain in secure homes in these uncertain times and even after the current eviction moratorium…

ByJudi Kende 1Comment

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Mar 2020

Uncategorized

Homeless Services Reacting to the Coronavirus Crisis

Colleges can shift to online learning. Teams can cancel sporting events. Restaurants might close. But the services on which homeless New Yorkers depend—like soup kitchens, pantries and shelters—can’t exactly ask…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Emergency Grants Can Help Stop Homelessness — if You Have a Lawyer

Nearly 900,000 families may have received ‘one-shot deals’ from the city over the past decade, but chances are only those who had an attorney—as well as a check—avoided eviction.

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Mar 2020

Housing and Homelessness

City Doing Hundreds of Homeless ‘Clean-Ups’ Each Year

Critics say sending teams of cops, sanitation workers and outreach personnel to roust people from their makeshift homes is punishing victims rather than addressing the homelessness problem.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Feb 2020

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Fight Over Korean Shelter in Queens Spotlights Struggles of City’s Asian Americans

Nanoom House has converted a two-story single family home into a refuge for 20 or so homeless Korean immigrants. Facing an onslaught of pressure from neighbors, the city and their…

ByAmir Khafagy 5Comments

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Feb 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless

Home Stability Support has the support of tenants’ rights advocates and the landlord lobby, but there’s a major snag: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has resisted it.

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Feb 2020

Housing and Homelessness

A Guide to Your Rights in Homeless Shelters

It covers everything from privacy to diet, voting to disabilities, public benefits to income savings; explains supportive housing and vouchers; talks about how to get a fair hearing and…

ByJarrett Murphy 9Comments

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Feb 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Levin: City’s Approach to Homelessness Still Lacks Clarity

‘Some of it has to do with doubling down on existing policies but a lot of it has to do with things that we’ve been advocating for for years that…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Amid Youth Homeless Crisis, NYC Has Ramped up Shelter Capacity

The city now operates 753 shelter beds for young people between ages 16 and 20 across the city, a 500-bed increase over what existed when Mayor Bill de Blasio took…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jan 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Bring Humanity to the Fight Against Homelessness

‘There are valuable programs in place that, with commitment and accountability, enable homeless New Yorkers to be housed and regain the dignity to achieve a better future for themselves and…

ByTori Lyon 0Comments

Opinion: Home Stability Support Needed Now to Boost Rental Assistance Amid COVID-19

Homeless Services Reacting to the Coronavirus Crisis

Emergency Grants Can Help Stop Homelessness — if You Have a Lawyer

City Doing Hundreds of Homeless ‘Clean-Ups’ Each Year

Fight Over Korean Shelter in Queens Spotlights Struggles of City’s Asian Americans

Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless

A Guide to Your Rights in Homeless Shelters

Levin: City’s Approach to Homelessness Still Lacks Clarity

Amid Youth Homeless Crisis, NYC Has Ramped up Shelter Capacity

Opinion: Bring Humanity to the Fight Against Homelessness

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