{"id":1949189,"date":"2023-06-16T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-suspends-90-day-shelter-requirement-to-be-eligible-for-new-york-city-rental-voucher\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T17:20:34","slug":"eric-adams-suspends-90-day-shelter-requirement-to-be-eligible-for-new-york-city-rental-voucher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-suspends-90-day-shelter-requirement-to-be-eligible-for-new-york-city-rental-voucher\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams waives 90-day shelter rule for NYC rental voucher eligibility."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feric-adams-suspends-90-day-shelter-requirement-to-be-eligible-for-new-york-city-rental-voucher%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New York City Mayor Ends 90-Day Shelter Requirement, Streamlines Rental Assistance<\/h2>\n<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made a significant change to the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-demands-janet-yellen-testifies-about-44-billion-in-unused-covid-funds\/\" title=\"Top Republican Demands Janet Yellen Testifies About  Billion In Unused COVID Funds\">rental assistance program<\/a>, eliminating the 90-day shelter requirement. This move aims to expedite the process of obtaining rental vouchers for the homeless population, providing them with affordable housing sooner.<\/p>\n<p>Adams made the announcement on Friday, emphasizing the importance of helping more New Yorkers find permanent housing. The repeal of the 90-day rule went into effect immediately, marking a crucial step towards addressing the city&#8217;s housing crisis.<\/p>\n<h3>Building a Better Future for New Yorkers<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we&#8217;re taking our efforts to house more New Yorkers to the next level,&#8221; stated Mayor Adams. &#8220;By removing the 90-day length of stay requirement for our CityFHEPS rental assistance program, we&#8217;ll help more people exit shelter for permanent housing faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adams also highlighted the need for additional measures to tackle the housing shortage, urging the state legislature to pass a 421-a replacement, allow more office conversions, and lift the cap on housing in Midtown Manhattan. The mayor is committed to advocating for these changes and utilizing every available tool to ensure that all New Yorkers have a place to call home.<\/p>\n<h3>A Step Towards Progress<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-suspends-90-day-shelter-requirement-to-be-eligible-for-new-york-city-rental-voucher\/\" title=\"Eric Adams waives 90-day shelter rule for NYC rental voucher eligibility.\">90-day rule previously mandated<\/a> that individuals reside in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-policy-will-threaten-fundamental-rights-for-women\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Policy Will Threaten Fundamental Rights For Women\">homeless shelter<\/a> for three months before becoming eligible to apply for a rental voucher in New York City. However, last month, the New York City Council passed a bill to suspend this requirement. Mayor Adams wasted no time and signed the act into law on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The changes announced today will help us more efficiently provide families and individuals with the services and housing supports they need,&#8221; said Anne Williams-Isom, deputy mayor for health and human services. &#8220;This new tool will help us to connect New Yorkers experiencing homelessness with more permanent housing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This significant change comes at a time when the city is facing an influx of immigrants from border communities and southern states. Mayor Adams has been a vocal advocate for immigration reform and has been actively working to address the immigrant crisis in New York City since taking office. He recently filed a lawsuit against 30 New York counties for refusing to house immigrants and proposed a plan to utilize churches and private residences for housing undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>With these bold actions, Mayor Adams is demonstrating his commitment to creating a more inclusive and compassionate city for all New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams scrapped the 90-day shelter requirement for rental assistance, simplifying the application process for housing vouchers. This move aims to expedite affordable housing for the homeless population. ABC 7 New York reported that Adams announced the repeal on Friday, and it is now in effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1949190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[28852,7749,27733,6740,7332,7083,6610,15435,22236,17638],"class_list":["post-1949189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-90-day","tag-adams","tag-eligibility","tag-eric","tag-nyc","tag-rental","tag-rule","tag-shelter","tag-voucher","tag-waives"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}