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st ig matiz ing p e o p le that li ve in s he l te rs,” sa i d Nu rs e. “We have cr i m ina l ize d hom e le ssn e ss f o r s o ma ny yea rs. B e yo n d g etting more re s ou rce s fo r a n i nsp e cto r, w e n e e d to sp en d m ore m o n e y a n d more res ources destigmatiz i ng the home le ss.” The rep or t o n S OI n o te s that many of th e i ssu e s re gard i ng the e f f e cti ve n e ss of voucher p ro g ra m s a re ro ote d i n sta f f i ng issues at cit y ag e n ci e s. Th e S OI unit at th e C i t y Co m mission o n Hu ma n Rights lost staff and could n o t reple nis h th e i r nu mbers due to hir ing freezes,
THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS February 17, 2022 - February 23, 2022 • 29 causi ng t he m to o p e rate t hat CC H R “appa rently” who received a CityFHEPS Witherspoon, who lives “at 5 0 % capa c i t y f o r m o re o nly ha s one insp e c tor voucher in 2018. “ Now if I in the apartment with t ha n a yea r,” a c c o rd i ng to s er vic e th e entire c it y. had th e means to do that, her 21-year-old son. “Alto t he re p o r t. The ra l ly B ottch er ca l l e d on h is w hy w ou l d I ne e d a h ou s- ready I’m having issues—I at Ci t y Ha l l Pa rk e cho e d col l eagu es in g overnment ing vou ch er?” have mice, I have no heat. t hi s dat a, ca l l i ng f o r i n- to inc reas e th e bu dg et to Lavonne Witherspoon is I’m out of the shelter for c rea s e d f un d i ng f o r t he allow for more inspectors a Bronx resident who re- 90 days after being in the S O I un i t t hat w oul d a l l ow i n th e c ommission. ceived a CityFHEPS vouch- system since 2014 and this t he c i t y ’s Huma n R ig ht s “ Th e c it y bu dg et u nder er in 2018, but claims it is where they put me at?” L aw a s i t p e r t a i n s to S O I de Bla sio w ent u p 25%, was priced extremely low “ I t h i n k w e n e e d t o h av e to b e e n f o rc e d . over $100 b il l ion a yea r, in a rental market that is a h e a r i n g o n t h i s a n d g e t “ We n e e d to ma ke a n yet w e stil l have one in- quite the opposite. When t h e p u b l i c t o t e s t i f y ,” ex a mp l e out o f e ve r y sp e c tor at th e division of the CityFHEPS vouch- C o u n c i l m e m b e r Nu r s e la n d l o rd t hat d i s c r i m i- Human Rights for a city of er was increased late last t o l d t h e A m N e w s d i r e c tnate s aga i n st s o m e o n e 8 .5 mil l ion p e opl e.” year, she was finally able l y , a d d i n g t h a t l a n d l o r d s w i t h a housi ng vouch “ W h ene ver I inq u ire to leave the shelter system w h o a r e i n g o o d f a i t h er,” sa i d Coun c i l m e mb e r ab ou t view ing an apar t- and secure housing in The o f t h o s e w i t h v o u c h e r s Er i k B o ttche r, w ho s e r ve s ment, I often re c eive no Bronx . Although With- n e e d t o b e h e a r d f r o m a s D i st r i c t 3 i n Ma n hatt a n . reply, or e ven a ske d to erspoon appreciates the w e l l . “ T h e r e n e e d s t o b e “ How a re w e g o i ng to d o pay 12 month s u pfront city’s decision to increase a n e x p e d i t e d s y s t e m — t hat i f w e d o n ’ t have t he ju st to view an apar tment voucher amounts, she says s o m e t h i n g t h a t ’s g u a rnumb e r o f i n sp e c to rs to and tol d that th e mone y there are still caveats to it. a n t e e d a n d a l l o w s t h a t pursue, p ro s e cute, a n d w ou l d b e refu ndab l e,” “ They [the city] pushed p e r s o n t o m o v e i n a n d fi l e cha rg e s aga i n st t he s e sa id Neighb ors To g eth - me out into a cluster t h e p a p e r w o r k c a n b e la n d l o rd s? ” er memb er and Bro oklyn apartment that is the d e a l t w i t h a s i t n e e d s t o B o ttche r p o i nt s out resident Na ilah Ab du l , apartment from hell,” said b e d e a l t w i t h .”
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