Permanent Supportive Housing Is Key to Solving Homelessness - City Limits

Permanent Supportive Housing Is Key to Solving Homelessness - City Limits

Mayor Adams has committed to providing temporary housing to New Yorkers with severe mental illness, but the city needs more supportive SROs to prevent a worsening homelessness crisis. A supportive SRO on W. 22nd Street run by St. Francis Friends of the Poor (Jeremy Amar) Homelessness among mentally ill New Yorkers is dire and growing, and the city continues to overlook the organizations capable of addressing it. Despite continued efforts, the nu…