N.Y.C. Lawmakers Take Dramatic Step to Stem Homelessness
The City Council voted overwhelmingly to increase a housing subsidy in hopes of making thousands of apartments affordable to people who are homeless or facing eviction.
Larita Phelps, 43, center, with her daughter Jayla Smith, 12, and son Bruce Smith II, 19, went to see more than 50 apartments for her family but has not been able to find one.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
May 27, 2021
For nearly a decade, New York City has struggled to help homeless people find apartments of their own, as rents hovered in the stratosphere and the number of people stuck in shelters surged past 60,000.