30K children lived in NYC homeless shelters every month last year, data shows
The highest number of children in nearly a decade were staying in New York City’s homeless shelters last year, according to a data dashboard unveiled by the
“We urgently need to combat the homelessness crisis and we’ve got a lot better shot of managing it if we measure it, if we look at the data clearly, if we try to find the patterns,” Lander told Gothamist in an interview., which will be updated monthly as the city releases periodic data, details New York City’s shelter population by age, race and family composition, while also tracking eviction rates and shelter exits dating back to 2015.
and a leader in the Family Homelessness Coalition, called the findings unsurprising given the dearth of housing options and the lingering economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on low-income families. Overall, about more than 120,000 people are spending each night in a city-run homeless shelter, including DHS sites and facilities set up for migrants and run by other agencies — up 63% in the current fiscal year, according to the comptroller’s database.Graphic by the Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander
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