Welcome to the CRIB: NYC starts housing voucher program for pregnant shelter residents

Welcome to the CRIB: NYC starts housing voucher program for pregnant shelter residents

Mayor Eric Adams introduced the city’s new Creating Real Impact at Birth (CRIB) pilot to permanently house pregnant New Yorkers in the shelter system on Oct. 14. The program aims to place more than 300 parents with newborns into long-term apartments through already available voucher programs. “Put simply, no child should ever be born in a shelter,” said Adams. “We must do everything we can to stop the cycle of poverty and housing instability bef…