People are not sad to see the abandonment of the Living in Communities Voucher Program, which many say wasn’t a good solution for permanent housing. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg implemented the program in 2004, in an attempt to offer limited rental assistance program for low-income families and adults who had previously been living in homeless shelters.
Advocates say the program kept people homeless, and triggered numerous evictions and lawsuits. “The city’s flawed temporary housing subsidies have led to a situation where 60,000 people are stuck in shelters, at a cost to taxpayers… permanent housing is cheaper than shelters,” said the executive director of Picture the Homeless, Monique George.
Source: http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/jul/26/city-abandons-temporary-housing-vouchers-program/
