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Just 19.4 percent of the 7,788 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) issued to New York City by the Biden Administration in May 2021 have been used to secure an apartment,…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Sep 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Resources

Fewer NYC Families Left Shelters for Permanent Homes Last Year. New Report Shows How to Ease More Moves

More than 5,200 New York City families moved from homeless shelters to permanent housing during the 2022 fiscal year, down significantly from the year prior. A new report says the…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Opinion

Opinion: City’s Rental Voucher Program Should Include Undocumented New Yorkers

“The city’s unwillingness to extend the voucher program to its vulnerable, undocumented immigrants is not only a costly mistake, but down right inhumane. We need the City Council and Mayor…

ByJosephine Bosson 1Comment

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Aug 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Justice

Bronx Rental Complex Must Accept Housing Vouchers, Judge Rules

The decision Friday marks the first time a New York court has ruled that minimum-income policies for people with full-rent subsidies violate city and state laws, said Housing Works senior…

ByDavid Brand 81Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness

The new budget directs $2.4 billion to homeless services in the coming fiscal year, invests billions more in housing over the next decade and funds an increase to rental assistance…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Call for City to Lawyer-Up Against Landlords Who Shun Tenants With Vouchers

Advocates want the de Blasio administration to boost the legal staff that goes after landlords who allegedly violate a 2008 law banning discrimination based on the type of legal income…

ByJarrett Murphy 12Comments

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May 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Tightening Rent Regs Won’t Ease the Housing Crisis, But These Steps Would

‘In an attempt to tackle the affordability crisis, lawmakers are irrationally focusing not on the macro forces that are making the city so expensive, but on the individuals and companies…

ByJay Martin 1Comment

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Mar 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness?

‘The governor and state legislature now have the opportunity to do something to help the people most at risk of homelessness.’

ByTom Waters 0Comments

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

De Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness

The mayor unlocked a door between homeless shelters and public housing that his predecessor had closed. Some advocates want de Blasio to open it event wider.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Apr 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Tenants with Housing Vouchers Deserve a Roof Over Their Head

The city’s human rights commissioner writes: ‘We can and must do better to ensure that every New Yorker in need of housing can access it. It’s the law, but it’s…

ByCarmelyn P. Malalis 8Comments

NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers, But Finding an Apartment Remains Tough

Fewer NYC Families Left Shelters for Permanent Homes Last Year. New Report Shows How to Ease More Moves

Opinion: City’s Rental Voucher Program Should Include Undocumented New Yorkers

Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness

Call for City to Lawyer-Up Against Landlords Who Shun Tenants With Vouchers

Opinion: Tightening Rent Regs Won’t Ease the Housing Crisis, But These Steps Would

Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness?

De Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness

CityViews: Tenants with Housing Vouchers Deserve a Roof Over Their Head

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