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This Voucher Is Supposed to Help Homeless New Yorkers Leave Shelters. A Majority Don’t Qualify.

Ali Austin has been working at the Bowery Mission while living in a shelter and waiting to move to permanent housing with a voucher, May 1, 2026.

The city’s main voucher program, CityFHEPS, has been a lifeline for many homeless New Yorkers who have secured permanent homes with the rental subsidy. But a broad swath of people in New York’s shelters are not eligible, cutting them off from a key avenue out of homelessness, according to data from two major local shelter […]

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