housing first Archives

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"We must commit to a housing first model that focuses on workforce development and wraparound services. Why? Because we know it works and have for over a decade." Chris Janaro…

ByAnn Marie Foster

ByTony Simone

ByJack Lundquist 1Comment

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Oct 2023

NYC Promised More Apartments to Break a ‘Vicious Cycle.’ Where Are They?

A 2019 plan to expand the Justice Involved Supportive Housing program would satisfy a commitment in former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Points of Agreement to close the city’s notorious jail…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

At a Council hearing, officials said the city has recorded 318,000 “engagements” since February 2022 between street homeless residents and police or outreach workers, including instances where the same individual…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 8-15

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByDavid Brand

ByMariam Hydara 1Comment

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Dec 2022

Economy Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

Two Homeless Service Providers Break Into Legal Weed Industry, with Different Approaches

Housing Works and the Doe Fund are breaking into the cannabis industry and pioneering new terrain for nonprofit organizations post-pot prohibition. But the two organizations have different business models as…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

City’s Supportive Housing Remains Out of Reach for Most Applicants, Data Shows

During the most recent fiscal year, just 16 percent of New Yorkers approved by the city for supportive housing were actually placed with an apartment. More than half of the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Supportive Housing is NYC’s Best Tool for Addressing Homelessness

“Shelters are not a stand-alone solution and just because we remove homeless people from our subways and streets doesn’t mean they have found a home.”

ByJim Dill 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: ‘Housing First’ is Not Enough to End NYC Homelessness

“We need a continuum of care that meets the individual needs of homeless New Yorkers where they are, whether it’s a single mother, an out-of-work man, someone exiting incarceration with…

ByHarriet Karr-McDonald 1Comment

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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

Opinion: New York Must Commit to a Housing First Model