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The Rising Number of Homeless Families in NYC, 2002–2012: A Look at Why Families Were Granted Shelter, the Housing They Had Lived in & Where They Came From NYC Independent Budget Office, 11/13/14 EXCERPT: The substantial increase in the number of families in the city’s homeless shelters during the tenure of the Bloomberg Administration has been well documented. Far less is generally known about the living situations of those families just before entering the shelter system: Why were families granted eligibility for shelter and have the reasons changed over time? What type of housing did they live in and were families in overcrowded apartments? Which neighborhoods did they come from? In order to seek answers to these and related questions, IBO has examined extensive data compiled by the city’s Department of Homeless Services on families with children entering the city’s shelter system. Our study stretches across an 11-year period from fiscal years 2002 through 2012. Over this period, the number of entries into family shelter rose from 6,400 in 2002 to a peak of more than 12,000 in 2010, before declining to about 8,500 entries in 2012. [CLICK BELOW TO CONTINUE READING.]
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:26:01 +0000

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