Citywide
NYC Housing Calendar, May 14-20
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Securing the Future of New York’s Supportive Housing
Pascale Leone |
“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 has grown unwieldy, thanks to the vast disparities in available services, funding, and unit maintenance.”
Brooklyn
City Advises Migrants to Sleep in Chairs at Overnight ‘Drop-In Centers’
Daniel Parra |
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 residents were told earlier this month that they weren’t allowed to sleep before 2:30 a.m., according to a video obtained by City Limits.
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, April 23-29
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Brooklyn
Migrants Reapplying for Shelter Still Face Waits, Lack of Beds Despite New Settlement Rules
Daniel Parra |
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 sleep on the floor of a church now being used as an “overnight hospitality center.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Stop Insurance Carriers From Discriminating Against Affordable Housing
Rachel Fee |
“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 are located.”
Education
School Staffers in Shelters Are a Lifeline to NYC’s Homeless Families. Now Their Jobs Are at Risk.
Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York |
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 fate of the staffers up in the air even as the city confronts record numbers of homeless kids.
Government
Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules
Daniel Parra |
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 being offered to single migrants under 23.
Government
Ask a Housing Expert: The Potential of Rental Vouchers
Jeanmarie Evelly |
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 voucher programs, the opportunities for stability and mobility they can bring as well as the challenges.
Government
City Hall Digs In Against Rental Voucher Expansion
Emma Whitford |
Mayor Eric Adams argued in new court filings that his administration has special authority as an “arm of the state”—part of a lawsuit that the Legal Aid Society filed in February over City Hall’s refusal to implement a suite of laws to expand access to city-funded rental vouchers.
