City’s Housing Data Drop: Longer Shelter Stays. More Permanent Housing. NYCHA Rent Collection Lags.
Harry DiPrinzio |
The 2019 Mayor’s Management Report was full of interesting and esoteric statistics from the city’s various agencies.
Albany
Council Could Try to Force City to Boost Value of Homeless Vouchers
Harry DiPrinzio |
CityFHEPS, the city’s voucher system has moved many homeless people into housing. But more linger in shelters because the voucher won’t pay enough to cover the rent.
City Council
The Shelter Wars: City’s Need for Beds Meets Opposition in Several Neighborhoods
Ahmed Jallow |
Overblown neighborhood fears create a political environment in which local leaders face risks for supporting a sensible shelter policy. In the middle, but rarely heard amid the uproar, are everyday New Yorkers caught in a crisis.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Counting the Homeless, and the Ways We All Fail Them
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A stint volunteering on the annual HOPE tally of the street homeless ‘made me stop thinking about homelessness as one big crisis and forced me instead to see what it really is: 70,000 individual crises.’
Government
Fact-Check: Has De Blasio Really Moved 60,000 Homeless People Into Permanent Housing?
Jarrett Murphy |
The short answer is yes.
DHS
City’s Homeless Shelter Cops Need More Training, Advocates Say
David Brand |
The city’s Homeless Services Police Department’s role in keeping shelters safe has been under more scrutiny, and there are signs the service has improved. But more training is necessary, some critics say.
DHS
Shelter System and Other NYC Services Should Be Safe for Migrants, Experts Say
David Brand |
City statute and U.S. law mean federal authorities are unlikely to succeed if the try to get information on the immigration status of people who used homeless services or other programs.
Justice
Many Inmates Move from Prison to Shelters, Despite Efforts to Get Them Homes
Adam Shrier, Erica Jackson, Mary Wilson and Nomin Ujiyediin |
A lack of supportive housing and the tendency of many landlords to refused city housing vouchers mean that many formerly incarcerated people end up in shelters or on the street.
Affordable Housing
Are There More Homeless People in New York City?
Jeff Foreman |
A veteran advocate digs through the available statistics to find a fuzzy answer on how many homeless there are, let alone whether their numbers are increasing.
Homelessness
Reports of Homeless Surge Confront Limitations of City Stats
Gerard Flynn |
Tabloids say there’s a surge in street homelessness. The de Blasio administration disagrees. With only a much maligned, once-a-year survey to go by, it’s hard to say who’s right.
