Sentences with phrase «put homeless families»

For City Hall, fighting homelessness comes with a heavy price tag: the de Blasio administration in one instance paid more than $ 600 per night to put homeless families up in Times Square hotels.

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The money spent on these billboards could have fed or clothed a homeless family, which by the way would also have gone towards putting Christ back into Christmas.

What I'm interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill - clad, being available to your own families.

Before starring at Marquette and being drafted 30th overall in 2011, the Tomball, Texas, native was homeless at the age of 13 when his mother put him on the street (with his father playing no part in his life), and he later lived with an adopted family.

Whether it's supporting a shelter for homeless and runaway youth, a mentoring program for girls, or helping families put fresher, healthier food on the table, these awards seek to support programs that can help change lives.

In a packed auditorium, an angry crowd pushed back on the city's plan to open a homeless shelter for 132 families at 267 Rogers Ave. in Crown Heights, demanding to know how much the project will cost and whether it will help solve, as Assemblywoman Diana Richardson put it, the area's «housing crisis.»

«I thank the mayor for putting WIN on the supportive housing task force so we could really have a loud voice for homeless families,» she said.

«The good news is that in the coming year we're very hopeful that we actually start to see the number of homeless families and kids begin to go down as a result of the reforms the de Blasio administration has put in place.»

The Department of Homeless Services» Advantage program has given rent subsidies to thousands of homeless breadwinners who found jobs and left shelters, but a report by Comptroller John Liu found that poor management put families in dangerous buildings with faulty wiring and rodent problems, and landlords pressured some tenants into illegal side deals, forcing them to pay as much as $ 400 extra a month, the Times rHomeless Services» Advantage program has given rent subsidies to thousands of homeless breadwinners who found jobs and left shelters, but a report by Comptroller John Liu found that poor management put families in dangerous buildings with faulty wiring and rodent problems, and landlords pressured some tenants into illegal side deals, forcing them to pay as much as $ 400 extra a month, the Times rhomeless breadwinners who found jobs and left shelters, but a report by Comptroller John Liu found that poor management put families in dangerous buildings with faulty wiring and rodent problems, and landlords pressured some tenants into illegal side deals, forcing them to pay as much as $ 400 extra a month, the Times reported.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

Since 2012 Classic Chevrolet employees have put on a charity golf tournament to raise money for local non-profits benefitting children in need, families facing challenges, orphans, the homeless, veterans and the disabled.

Without the tireless efforts of these groups working to place homeless animals with permanent families and educating the public about the responsibilities of dog ownership, many more of these wonderful, adoptable pets would needlessly be put to death each year.

Their dream was to provide a safe haven for the homeless pets of their communities, where the pets could remain with great effort put into their care and happiness until their Forever Family is found.

Every dollar received will help put 10 pounds of pet food into the community and help struggling families, homeless, and seniors feed their pets.