NYC pays almost $3,000 a month to house a Homeless person in some buildings (Scott: 2013, apartments)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Sorry but this is just ridiculous... Why don't the city give half that money to a Homeless person so they can find a small apartment somewhere else in the city??
Quote:
The city’s Department of Homeless Services pays many times the amount the rooms would usually rent for — spending over $3,000 a month for each threadbare room without a bathroom or kitchen — because of an acute shortage in shelters for homeless men and women.
Indeed, the amount the city pays — roughly half that amount goes to the landlord, while the other half pays for security and social services for homeless tenants
Sorry but this is just ridiculous... Why don't the city give half that money to a Homeless person so they can find a small apartment somewhere else in the city??
A lot of landlords won't take money from City programs, plus most city programs have been butchered anyway. Also, when the city was more generous with housing, all it did was attract more poor people from all over.
On St. Nicholas terrace, the city and state are paying around $2,500 a head, per month, for residents of a "rehab" facility. It is actually a rent stabilized building. The landlord got people out (not all), gutted the floors he could and built dormitories. He is waiting for the Columbia expansion. This is known as "warehousing."
Then, he will re-create apartments, and in the process, all of them deregulated ! Just like that.
Sorry but this is just ridiculous... Why don't the city give half that money to a Homeless person so they can find a small apartment somewhere else in the city??
Kudos to them. Although it's just a room it is far better then being out in the streets, open to the elements and human predators esp those who like to beat and torment people who are at the threshold of hell to begin with. Giving them $1500 is not enough to find an apt anyway let alone maintain it. Are you suggesting the cost is too high to provide a human with some sort of shelter? Have you ever been faced with homelessness even? I have, and many others as well. You cannot imagine the feeling of despair it brings.
Addicts, mentally ill etc are all human. People should not be left out with the trash. I still do not think we either have enough resources or do nearly enough in a country where an estimated 2 million on any night are sleeping rough.
Kudos to them. Although it's just a room it is far better then being out in the streets, open to the elements and human predators esp those who like to beat and torment people who are at the threshold of hell to begin with. Giving them $1500 is not enough to find an apt anyway let alone maintain it. Are you suggesting the cost is too high to provide a human with some sort of shelter? Have you ever been faced with homelessness even? I have, and many others as well. You cannot imagine the feeling of despair it brings.
Addicts, mentally ill etc are all human. People should not be left out with the trash. I still do not think we either have enough resources or do nearly enough in a country where an estimated 2 million on any night are sleeping rough.
I agree that homeless people should have safe shelter, but the $3,000 the city is paying to rent kitchenless and bathroomless ROOMS is ridiculous. There are studios and one bedrooms for less than this all over the city (outerboroughs) that they could spend this money on.
What kills me about this is that Bloomberg shut down the Advantage program for thousands of homeless people, because SUPPOSEDLY the city had NO MONEY and COULD NOT AFFORD IT anymore, but yet they got $3,000 a month to keep people living in substandard conditions.
I read the article. One of the landlords was a notorious slumlord that used threats and intimidation tactics to get people out of their apartments in the 80s and 90s. These disgusting people are Bloomberg's friends. I'm not surprised.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Sorry but this is just ridiculous... Why don't the city give half that money to a Homeless person so they can find a small apartment somewhere else in the city?? 
Doesn't Bother me at All
