Biting The Hand That Feeds

Biting The Hand That Feeds

25 percent and the supply of cheap apart- ments was as great as in other cities, yet the number of homeless families rose steadily. New York families are more vul- nerable. Filer concedes. But while there are 30 to 50 percent more poor, female- headed families in New York than in other large cities, the city's family homeless rate is 250 percent higher.
Filer suggests a third, perverse possibil- ity: New York's generous homeless and housing policies encourage families to be- come homeless.
Since...

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