In the newest version of the 2012 budget, Mayor Bloomberg has chosen to cut more than $5 million in supportive housing services for the neediest clients at the HIV/AIDS Services Administration.
“It’s backward and it’s shortsighted,” said Kristin Goodwin, Housing Works’ director of NYC policy and organizing. “Supportive housing is the number one proven way to keep vulnerable individuals stable and healthy. New York City is going to end up paying millions in emergency services because Bloomberg is pushing people onto the streets.” READ MORE
Bloomberg proposes cuts to successful programs meant to help the neediest.
I am extremely grateful for BATF’s help with finding me the HASA subsidized apartment where I currently reside. The supportive housing resident I used to live in had stopped providing certain much needed services more than a year ago due to city budget cuts. Now with these newly proposed cuts so many more services will not be provided. This is frightening.