Elected Officials and Advocates Gathered to Oppose Rent for Shelter Posted on April 16, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Yesterday, elected officials, advocates, and homeless individuals gathered on the steps of City Hall to express outrage at the Mayor’s plan to start charging homeless families rent for shelter. The turnout was great. Elected officials included Public Adv ..Read More
Advocates Blast Plan To Collect Rent From Working Homeless Posted on April 16, 2010 by Grace Rauh ..Read More
Stupid Idea of the day: Tax the Homeless Posted on April 15, 2010 by Ben Adler in Newsweek ..Read More
City to charge rent to homeless shelter residents with jobs Posted on April 14, 2010 by Adam Lisberg in NY Daily News ..Read More
A Work Requirement for Rent Subsidies Posted on April 14, 2010 by Julie Bosman in New York Times ..Read More
New York to Finally End Shameful Homelessness ‘Solution’ Posted on April 13, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE By Lindsey Davis, Director of Crisis Services, Coalition for the Homeless Originally published on the Huffington Post I’ve seen 25, 40, even 50 men, crammed into a small two- or three-family home filled with illegally converted rooms. Eight to 12 men to ..Read More
The worst idea ever? Posted on April 12, 2010 by MARY BROSNAHAN We’ve seen lots of bad ideas, but this one might take the cake. Mayor Bloomberg is once again planning to charge rent in the city’s homeless shelters. At a time of record homelessness and foreclosures, thousands of homeless families, veterans, ev ..Read More
City finally agrees to new system of referrals to protect homeless adults from ¾ housing Posted on April 8, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER At a news conference yesterday, attended by Coalition’s Mary Brosnahan, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and DHS Commissioner Robert Hess, the City announced that it would finally implement tougher guidelines for re ..Read More
