Mayor Adams’ new plan hints support for Fair Chance for Housing Posted on June 23, 2022 by TANDY LAU in Amsterdam News Last week, Mayor Eric Adams quietly supported stronger anti-discrimination protections when renting from the private market for New Yorkers with criminal records in his new housing agenda. Read more… ..Read More
HUD announces $365M package to address unsheltered homelessness Posted on June 23, 2022 by Danielle McLean in Smart Cities Dive The cost of buying and renting a home has skyrocketed in recent years in cities throughout the U.S., prompting a growing number of individuals to go unhoused and seek shelter in tent encampments. Read more… ..Read More
What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing? Posted on July 5, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits New York City officials have cleared a modest homeless encampment on East 9th Street at least 14 times since the start of 2022, city records show. A sweep last month may have been the most unsettling. Read more… ..Read More
Disability Pride Month: A Time to Celebrate and Advocate Posted on July 7, 2022 by Mary Harmer Following the vibrancy of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month, it may be easy to overlook the annual celebration of resiliency and innovation for the disability community in July’s Disability Pride Month. Disability Pride began in Boston following the passage of the ..Read More
‘Housing Cannot Be A Privilege’: Mayor Adams Releases Highly-Anticipated Housing Plan Posted on June 15, 2022 by Samar Khurshid in Gotham Gazette Five-and-a-half months into his administration, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday released a comprehensive plan for housing and homelessness that aims to build new mixed-income rental housing, preserve existing affordable units, improve public housing stock, expedit ..Read More
City staffing shortages lead to months-long waits for housing help Posted on June 9, 2022 by Ari Ephraim Feldman in NY1 Velvet Johnson Ross felt she was doing everything right in her quest for a city housing voucher. She had won a lottery apartment in Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town apartment complex; she had gotten all her documents together; local elected officials were c ..Read More
Adams Announces Plan to Fix New York City’s Growing Housing Crisis Posted on June 14, 2022 by By Matthew Haag, Dana Rubinstein and Andy Newman in The New York Times Mayor Eric Adams laid out a blueprint to increase homeownership, reduce street homelessness and improve public housing. But housing groups say his budget, $1 billion short of what he had promised, will not be enough… ..Read More
Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness Posted on June 14, 2022 by Jeanmarie Evelly and David Brand in City Limits 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 programs, but is nevertheless facing criticism from advocates who say the spend ..Read More
City looks to end pandemic-era protections for older and some medically vulnerable homeless people Posted on June 2, 2022 by Cau Lam in Gothamist At a time when New York City’s COVID-19 alert level is on high, city officials are planning to end protections put in place at the start of the pandemic to curb the spread of the virus in the city’s shelter system and safeguard older homeless people as wel ..Read More
