More New Yorkers Facing Eviction Have Lawyers, But No Right to Counsel Yet Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jillian Jorgensen in New York Observer Mayor Bill de Blasio touted city investments in programs to provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction in housing court—but stopped short of endorsing the “right to counsel” that’s been advocated for in the City Council. “The investments we make in l ..Read More
Supportive Housing Right Way to Help Homeless Posted on August 29, 2016 by The Editorial Board in amNewYork The numbers are stunning. On Sunday, more than 59,200 people slept in New York City shelters, including 23,433 children. As the shelters fill up, thousands of people who are homeless are housed in motels. Beyond that, NYC is trying to develop more permanent sh ..Read More
Today’s Read: Long Nights With Little Sleep for Homeless Families Seeking Shelter Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone A new policy brief by the Coalition highlights the current homelessness crisis for single adults, but the situation is similarly dire for the homeless families that make up more than three-quarters of the shelter population. As more New Yorkers grapple with th ..Read More
Cuomo’s ‘Pathetic’ Withholding of Promised Funds is Keeping Housing for the Homeless From Getting Built Posted on August 26, 2016 by Nathan Tempey in Gothamist Homelessness in New York City is at an all-time high thanks to the chronic housing shortage, wage stagnation (and for low-income workers, wage decline), and Governor Andrew Cuomo and former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s elimination of the Advantage rental as ..Read More
Long Nights With Little Sleep for Homeless Families Seeking Shelter Posted on August 28, 2016 by Nikita Stewart in The New York Times On Wednesday, New York City hit a record 59,373 people in shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services. There is no clearer indicator of the homelessness crisis than in the Bronx at the intake center for families with children, where on a recent Sa ..Read More
As Shelter Population Skyrockets, Cuomo Holds Back Promised Housing Posted on August 26, 2016 by Max Rivlin-Nadler in The Village Voice As Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio competitively pledged new units of supportive housing to help the city confront its historically high homeless shelter population, it looked like their stupid feud might actually help NYC for once. De Blasio pr ..Read More
NYC Homelessness Hits All-Time High, as Advocates Blame Gov. Cuomo for Not Following Through on Housing Pledge Posted on August 26, 2016 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News A shortage of supportive housing has helped drive homelessness for single adults to record highs, the Coalition for the Homeless says in a new report. The number of single adults living in city shelters hit an all-time high of 14,442 in March, the group found ..Read More
Poverty Drives Homeless Rates? Not So Fast Posted on August 24, 2016 by Evan Horowitz in The Boston Globe Fill in the blank. When the economy collapses, the number of homeless Americans goes ___. While you might expect the answer to be “up,” during the recession of 2007-2009 the number of homeless people in America dropped slightly. Compare homelessness across ..Read More
Today’s Read: How Do Rent-Burdened New Yorkers Cope? Posted on August 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone The worsening housing affordability crisis throughout New York City is a direct driver of near-record homelessness. Incomes have stagnated as rents continue to soar, leaving more and more people with massive rent burdens. If they fall behind and are evicted, i ..Read More
