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What is being reported on the shelter system and the apartments standing empty.
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57,000 rent-stabilized apartments sat empty in NYC, housing agency saysThe state's own registration data, and the source of the 57,421 figure on our homepage. Vacancies rose by about 8,000 units in a single year.
This Voucher Is Supposed to Help Homeless New Yorkers Leave Shelters. A Majority Don't Qualify.A reminder that a vacant apartment is only half of the problem. Around two thirds of people in shelter do not qualify for the voucher meant to get them out.
More than 13K rent-stabilized units in NYC are sitting empty for multiple years, report findsThe Independent Budget Office analysis separating ordinary turnover from units held empty year after year. That second group is the one this work is aimed at.
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