NYC Council Introduction 1100

intro.nyc/1100-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Supportive housing eligibility for justice involved persons.
Status: Committee Committee on General Welfare
Sponsored by Carlina Rivera
Introduced: October 23, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Social Services to include single adults or adult families and families with children where the head of household has a severe mental illness, substance use disorder, or both, is homeless or at risk of homelessness, and has had justice system involvement in the last 12 months to any eligibility parameters for any existing supportive housing program administered and wholly funded by the city.