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Created in 1993, the department was the first of its kind nationally; with a mission exclusively focused on the issue of homelessness. [7] The Department of Homeless Services was created in response to the growing number of homeless New Yorkers and the 1981 New York Supreme Court Consent Decree that mandates the State provide shelter to all homeless people. [8]
The Department of Homeless Services is seeking a contract with hotels to provide a total of 14,000 rooms to shelter migrants at least over the next year.
One of the individuals allegedly involved in the burglary left her DHS job for a position at the NYPD, prosecutors said, before rejoining the homeless services agency after she was fired by the ...
The result, as the Coalition for the Homeless report points out, is that "Thousands of formerly-homeless children and families have been forced back into homelessness. In addition, Mayor Bloomberg proposed $37 million in cuts to the city's budget for homeless services this year." [7] In 2018, DHS's budget was $2.15 billion.
In 1970, these positions were combined into the office of Commissioner. HRA was initially created as a ‘super-agency,’ housing all of the city's social service programs. In 1993, the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) became a separate city agency, and in 1996 the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) was also separated from HRA.
Every community across the U.S. receiving HUD funding is required to tally its homeless population, said Adam Ruege, a data analyst who worked with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and now ...
The Guardian has suggested that New York City may have been the first American city with a homeless relocation program, starting in 1987. [1] As of 2017, the New York City Department of Homeless Services was spending $500,000 annually on relocation, [1] [3] making it significantly larger than other schemes across the United States. [1]
A report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development shows homelessness rose 18% in 2024, with causes including asylum seekers, lack of affordable housing and natural disasters.