According to the annual report, the number of homeless in new York city rose nearly 40% in 2016 compared to the previous. About it reports NY Daily News. Faced with such high levels of homelessness, the administration of mayor bill de Blasio decided to launch a new program of assistance.
As reported by WNYC, the government offered to pay 12 months rent for the apartments for homeless families will find housing in or outside the city. This week , the Department of homeless shelters suggested the 17 vacant apartments in Newark.
On Wednesday Gregory Arrington and his wife, who was homeless for years, waiting in front of the Department to the van, took them to Newark. A homeless man said: «They said they have apartments, so I thought, «Okay, I’ll go see.»
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«For decades the city has helped homeless people to seek shelter in places where they will be easier to stand up, sometimes it went beyond the five boroughs,» — said the representative of the Human Resources Administration Isaac McGinn.
However, new York for the first time guarantees an annual rent to program participants. In Gothamist reported that it is only available for those homeless who were registered in the system for at least three months and work or receive a subsidy, such as a disability, which will help them cover the rent on expiry.
Recall, de Blasio said he wants in new York city has banned begging.
