One in six homeless individuals and families in New York City eligible for government-assisted supportive housing received it in the last fiscal year, according to a recently released report.
Police and city workers remove a homeless encampment on the Lower East Side in March 2022.Gwynne Hogan/Gothamist
Roughly 55,500 homeless adults and children are currently living in shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services. Thousands more live in shelters operated by other city agencies.by the City Council last year requires the city to produce and publish the data it collects by no later than Sept. 1 every year.
Instead, Hughes said city officials are adopting a policy of shelter first, which means to access permanent housing, a homeless individual or family must first live in the city’s shelter system, which many have said is unsafe. “The city has a policy of telling homeless people to either come inside or you're gonna deal with sweeps, you're gonna deal with harassment, you're gonna deal with all these things, but you're not gonna get housing,” said Hughes.
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