Showing Posts by Date: 12/2014
12.16.2014
The FY 2015 budget passed by Congress December 12th is not positive for supportive housing: most of the programs that our community depends on are either flat-funded or cut. Even programs that received a small increase – like the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Grants Program – will experience functional cuts as a result of increased program rents and first time renewals. Similarly, the increase to the HUD 811 program is projected to only fund the current portfolio. The only real increase is a new allocation of $75 million for the VASH vouchers for veterans.
12.02.2014
When superstorm Sandy hit New York City in 2012 many of our supportive housing community’s organizations, residences and tenants were deeply affected. In the summer of 2013, a group of Network members convened to discuss the community’s preparedness needs.