Also on Friday, a court of appeal a block About executive orders that want to terminate the government support for dei programs, so that the orders can be maintained, while a lawsuit against those orders works by the courts. It is not clear how that will influence this specific programbetic.
The financing, part of HUDs Continuum from Zorg Program supports homes for homeless people and families. In New York City, the program applies to around 11,000 people through apartments in the short term, supporting housing and rent subsidies that are paid to private landlords.
The Continuum of Care Coalition of the city reported that 26 programs have expired their contracts or expire this month.
The delay in federal financing, combined with the shifting circumstances and now new judicial orders, has added uncertainty for local organizations that are already struggling to tackle a growing crisis of homelessness.
More than 140,000 people in New York City miss stable homes, according to the most recent one -day counts.
Fred Shack, CEO of Urban pathsA non -profit that used to be homeless adults said that the changing language in HUD’s similarities concerns. His organization receives a federal subsidy of $ 271,000 to operate an apartment building in Midtown New York City, he said Gothamist.
“If that money were to disappear, it will have a significant impact on our ability to offer the same service level,” Shack said.
HUD has also informed non -profit organizations that they are no longer needed to Housing first Model, the gothamist added.
This model had enabled people to obtain housing without first meeting conditions such as austerity or employment. Critics say that this shift is more difficult for organizations to maintain financing and continue their work.
In a post X Thursday, Hud -Secretary Scott Turner argued that the continuum of the care program was used to “promote a wake agenda at the expense of people in need”.
He emphasized that federal subsidies would now be open for faith -based organizations and would not be used to promote diversity, abortic access or policy to support immigrants without papers.
Last week, honest housing groups with subsidy finance in Massachusetts, Idaho, Texas and Ohio brought a lawsuit against HUD, the US Doge Service and Turner in his capacity as HUD -SECRETIE, claiming that major cuts will harm the efforts to combat eviction and housing discrimination.
Nicole Branca, CEO of New destinationThe survivors of domestic violence in the residential construction of New York helps, Gothamist said that her organization has always used federal funds that has only used for rent and housing aid.
“100% of federal financing is about the household of people, so I’m not worried about meeting the conditions,” said Branca.
New York City officials say they assess the new requirements of HUD.
