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Record Homelessness in NYC:
What the Next Mayor Can Do
Talking Transition
November 18, 2013
Rising Family Homelessness in NYC
• In September, an average of 52,351 homeless people slept each night in NYC shelter system – up 69% since current mayor took office.
• Includes 12,464 homeless families – up 80% since mayor took office.
• Includes 22,136 homeless children – up 69% since mayor took office.
• Avg. shelter stays for families with kids now 13 ½ months (409 days).
• Homeless families & kids nearly four-fifths (79%) of NYC shelter population.
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Source: NYC Department of Homeless Services and Human Resources Administration and NYCStat, shelter census reports
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Source: City of New York, NYCStat
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Source: NYC Department of Homeless Services and Human Resources Administration and NYC Stat, shelter census reports
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Source: NYC Department of Homeless Services and Human Resources Administration and NYCStat, shelter census reports
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Rising Family Homelessness in NYC
• NYC housing affordability gap growing wider.
• Unemployment rate still high in NYC, higher in Bronx and Brooklyn where most low-income New Yorkers live.
• From 2007-2011, during economic downturn, NYC median apartment rents went up 8.5% but median renter incomes fell 6.8%.
• 78% of low-income renters have high rent burdens.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau data from NYU Furman Center report (August 2013)
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Rising Family Homelessness in NYC
• NYC now spends more than $1 billion/year on homeless shelter and services – up 85% under current mayor.
• Avg. annual cost to shelter a homeless family is $37,600 – up 23% since mayor took office.
• NYC homelessness now a major contributor to national homelessness problem.
• 1 of 6 homeless families in shelters nationwide is in NYC.
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(Percentage of Estimated U.S. Homeless Population in NYC)
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "2012 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness" (Dec 2012)
Rising Family Homelessness in NYC
• Recent policy failures a major cause of rising & record NYC homelessness.
• Under Mayors Koch, Dinkins & Giuliani the City targeted Federal housing resources (e.g. public housing) to help homeless families get homes.
• Current mayor ended that policy in 2005, substituted temporary subsidies which worked badly, then eliminated all housing aid in 2011.
• Previously 1 in 4 families entering shelter was formerly-homeless – now 63%.
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Solutions to Homelessness in NYC
• Mayor-elect de Blasio and his new administration can build on proven housing-based solutions to the problem of homelessness.
• Research & evidence overwhelmingly show that long-term subsidized housing reduces family homelessness.
• Wealth of research & experience point to success and cost savings from permanent supportive housing for homeless people living with special needs.
• Solutions endorsed by United to End Homelessness coalition of 130 groups.
Solutions to Homelessness in NYC
Housing-based solutions:
1. Resume priority referrals of homeless families to public housing and Section 8 vouchers (at least 2,500 families/yr. to public housing).
2. Partner with State to create a new rental assistance program modelled on Section 8 vouchers.
3. Partner with State on a “New York/New York IV Agreement” to create permanent supportive housing.
4. New NYC housing plan should set aside at least 10% of apartments for homeless New Yorkers.
Solutions to Homelessness in NYC
Eliminate barriers to shelter and punitive policies:
1. Eliminate bureaucratic barriers to shelter for homeless families at intake centers.
2. Rescind proposed shelter-denial rules for homeless adults.
3. Reform rules that threaten loss of shelter to protect families, children, and people living with disabilities.
Reform shelter system:
1. Phase out use of apartment buildings as temporary shelter and use of commercial hotels & motels.
Solutions to Homelessness in NYC
Expand homelessness prevention:
1. Enhance funding for homelessness prevention programs, including legal services and eviction prevention services.
2. Expand access to prevention rent subsidy programs (e.g., FEPS program).
3. Enhance rent-increase exemption programs to assist seniors and tenants living with disabilities (SCRIE and DRIE programs).
