NYC offering housing grants for domestic violence survivors—but advocates say program is underfunded
Members of the New York City Council and housing advocates are lauding a new program aimed at giving domestic violence survivors emergency grants to cover housing costs, but say the program's $1.2 million budget is a fraction of the $6 million needed to meet demand.
“ first time we’ve been here as a city doing this, saying we can give survivors debit cards, checks, we don’t have to pay landlords directly,” said Saloni Sethi, the office's first deputy. Other advocates who testified said survivors need a quick infusion of flexible cash so they can quickly get to safe locations and away from their abusers.
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