The voucher program’s long-overdue boost comes months ahead of schedule. ValeRicciulli reports
Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images For an unhoused family of four in New York City, renting a two-bedroom apartment with the $1,580 city voucher given out by the Department of Social Services has for years been an exercise in total futility — it doesn’t cover the median rent anywhere in the five boroughs.
The increase means that the city will pay up to $1,945 a month to someone looking for a one-bedroom apartment, up from $1,265. For a family of three or four looking for a two-bedroom, the voucher offers $2,217 — a significant jump from just $1,580. With the additional money, it could be possible to find, say, a one-bedroom apartment in Queens, where the median asking rent for one is $1,900.
The accelerated September timeline is a victory for housing activists, who staged several protests over the past month to pressure de Blasio to speed up the schedule. For years, city officials and housing organizations have pushed for voucher increases as one of the main solutions to solve the city’s homelessness crisis.
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