Follow The Money...

Something fishy is going on, this pissing match between the N.Y. Gov. and the N.Y. Mayor just seemed a little personal. So i did a little digging. It seems there's a lot of interest in Homeless shelters, and i mean Interest (Dividends) 70 new shelters are waiting for contracts, some up and running in the city. At 200+ beds a piece, and HRA(Taxpayers) paying up to $4,000.00 per family per month...That's roughly $56,000,000 per month in revenue for the owner of these facilities. So then you start peeling these layers down, and you start seeing building contracts, zoning, Special Interest groups, Unions, and Lobbyists all have a hand in this deal gone bad. Or has it gone bad. A chance to rake in millions a month in revenue isn't that bad, Is it? Even at the expense of 15,000 families, thousands of landlords, and countless other trickle down victims?


http://www.nazarethhousingnyc.org/Home.html


http://www.nazarethhousingnyc.org/Documents/Advocate.pdf


http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/03/nyc-homeless-services-commissioner-on-threat-to-advantage-shelter-program-deva

Advantage Tenants... VERY VERY IMPORTANT INFO

If you are an Advantage tenant, and you've come across this website, Please Hurry, If you have recieved a notification in the mail, stating your subsidy will be cut, you have sixty(60) days from this notice to apply for a fair hearing. This is not true. YOU HAVE 10 DAYS FROM THE DATE ON THIS LETTER to apply for a fair hearing. The city is obligated to pay your rent until your hearing date. YOU MUST NOT WAIT. Continue to pay your portion of the rent. DO NOT VACATE your apartments in fear, the proper lawful channels still apply. you do not have to take this lying down. FIGHT!!! DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SHELTER? DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK!!!! WELL FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS!!!! YOU ARE A CITIZEN TOO!!!! DON'T BE WHAT THEY THINK WE ARE. THEY ARE BUILDING 70 NEW SHELTERS IN THE CITY JUST WAITING FOR YOUR RETURN. WILL YOU BE THERE?  Let's make'em build all that sh!% in vein.

http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/pages/advantage-tenants-information-from-the-legal-aid-society

DHS Room Inspections leaves us uneasy.

Now we are pretty clean. Mop twice a day, constantly wiping stuff down, walls, tables, toilets, floors, spotless(You have too with a toddler and twins in a mouse infested building). So why do i feel dirty and judged after their inspection. First of all the worker came in with an attitude and very judge-mental. Nit-Picking and asking about the unusable cribs and extra beds that the staff hasn't moved out the room yet after 3 months. Outlets with no covers, also not my fault, ask your staff, not me...and asking about my desktop, which is required for the power and ram hungry programs i need for school and work. So your telling me i need to quit school and work to stay here right? But I thought I need to work for my Voucher? This is the Loopty Loop Bull$#!t we have to deal with here, and I can't take it anymore.

Voucher Discrimination?

It seems that there is an influx of ads for apartments at around $1550 3bdrms, looking for $1318 and $1481 vouchers(side deals will not be honored in the voucher which means anything over your vouchers size will not be considered). With the captions "must be linked by September 1". Well if you know what I know, that is because the last round of $50 vouchers(client pays only $50) expires on the first of September. Well what about us working class people with the 30% vouchers? Like it's not already hard enough to find someone accepting these stigmatas. You would rather take the chance of having to evict someone in a year or two because, $50 to $1500 dollars is unreasonable, unfair,and just plain ridiculous. so My family gets overlooked and doesn't even get calls back, and we both work. There is a war on the middle class, Knowledge is your ammunition. Are you armed?