New York at a Crossroads
By Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director, Coalition for the Homeless
The Coalition for the Homeless’ State of the Homeless 2022 report, New York at a Crossroads, provides a comprehensive look at the causes of – and solutions to – homelessness in New York as the city works to recover from the pandemic and the vulnerability of our unsheltered neighbors has tragically become even more clear.
The recent attacks on homeless New Yorkers underscore a disturbing trend: In FY2021, a record number of New Yorkers died while homeless, amidst the City’s and State’s continued failure to address the underlying causes of the homelessness crisis. The report finds that affordable housing production has lagged population growth, leaving about a half million households with incomes below $30,000 at risk of homelessness – paying more than half of their incomes on rent. Meanwhile, an unprecedented eviction crisis looms for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers following the expiration of the State’s eviction moratorium, in the absence of additional emergency rental assistance or expansion of needed rent subsidies.
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The Official Report
Source: The Coalition for the Homeless