This Is How NYC Plans To Solve Its Homeless Problem
New York City may have found a way to combat homelessness.
With homeless numbers at their highest point, a New York City pilot initiative will cover 12 months of rent for families who seek housing outside of the five boroughs, WNYC first reported.
As a start, the Human Resources Administration sent out a letter to all city shelter providers this week to announce that some struggling families will be eligible to fill 17 apartments in Newark, New Jersey. The city this week brought some families to Newark to look at the apartments, WNYC said.
This new initiative is an extension of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Project Reconnect, a program that assisted 6,400 homeless people in buying one-way tickets out of New York City, Gothamist reported. . .