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The “Just Home” proposal to house seriously ill people leaving jail cleared one of its final procedural hurdles at a heated public hearing, where locals repeatedly testified that they feared…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Dec 2023

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Council Scrutinizes Barriers to Supportive Housing

“How can the agencies make this process more streamlined for the applicant, easier to navigate, less given to subjectivity and less prone to error and discrimination?” asked Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Simple State Budget Fix Could Save Supportive Housing

“For many nonprofit building owners like us, it is not a question of if we will be able to keep these buildings as supportive housing; rather, it is a question…

ByNicole Branca 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Legislation Will Set Affordable Housing Targets for NYC Neighborhoods

The so-called Fair Housing Framework, sponsored by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and passed unanimously by the Council Thursday, will task city agencies with creating a housing plan every five…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

How a Bronx Election Swerved the Course for Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated

Political calculus around a City Council race in the East Bronx has slowed the approval process for a plan to house seriously ill people leaving jail, and could cue up…

ByEmma Whitford 6Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

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 4Comments

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘A Lot of False Hope’: City Data Show Ongoing Barriers To Supportive Housing

While the Department of Social Services says more people were accepted into supportive housing last year than the year prior, a new report shows persistent barriers and rejections, including some…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

City’s Affordable Housing Production Saw a Boost Last Year After Prior Plunge

After dropping the year before, affordable housing production was up again during the 12-month span that ended June 30, officials said Thursday—what advocates say is a welcomed boost but still…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census

An inaugural city report groups together shelter headcounts from five municipal systems, revealing a truer—and larger—picture of the homelessness crisis than the often-cited Department of Homeless Services count.

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Jun 2023

Housing and Homelessness

City Limits’ Reporting Honored by Silurians Press Club

City Limits received Merit Awards in two categories, investigative and environmental journalism, for reporting that revealed substandard conditions and other problems in the city’s supportive housing network, and another story…

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Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx

NYC Council Scrutinizes Barriers to Supportive Housing

Opinion: A Simple State Budget Fix Could Save Supportive Housing

Legislation Will Set Affordable Housing Targets for NYC Neighborhoods

How a Bronx Election Swerved the Course for Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated

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

City’s Affordable Housing Production Saw a Boost Last Year After Prior Plunge

As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census

City Limits’ Reporting Honored by Silurians Press Club

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