From Shelter to Apartment is a guide to help homeless shelter residents know their rights and the tools available to help them secure permanent housing. We hope this guide will hold the NYC Department of Homeless Services accountable to the residents they serve, empower those living in the shelter system, and lead to more seamless transitions from shelter to permanent housing.
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“They should immediately provide homeless youth relying on DYCD programs access to local rental subsidies like CityFHEPS, including those young people who only access drop-in sites, as well as priority access to NYCHA and Section 8 vouchers,” says Craig Hughes, a social work supervisor at the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project who is writing a doctoral dissertation on the city’s history of youth homelessness."This research report focuses on individuals’ efforts to acquire and retain public assistance in New York City (NYC) by documenting and examining the process of righting errors, and explaining acts of program noncompliance by public assistance recipients and applicants.
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