New Destiny’s innovative rapid rehousing program, HousingLink, has been found by an independent evaluator to be “an innovative, promising practice” which should be sustained and scaled up with increased staffing:
“HousingLink has proven that it could scale up, serve more families and be sustainable. Compared to the costs of housing a family in shelter, HousingLink is a small fraction and so very cost-effective as well as of great help for families to achieve stability. We strongly recommend that HousingLink continue and be funded at an adequate level.”
New Destiny Housing developed HousingLink (originally called Project HOME) in 2014 in partnership with the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence to reduce homelessness among domestic violence victims by tailoring HUD’s Rapid Rehousing model to New York City. This three-year pilot was designed to provide information about and linkages to safe permanent housing to survivors of abuse seeking services at New York City’s Family Justice Centers (FJCs). Rapid rehousing has been championed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the preferred method of addressing family homelessness, including homelessness caused by “escaping domestic violence,” because it reduces the trauma associated with displacement and homelessness for adults and children.
Using core elements of Rapid Rehousing/Housing First models, and tailored to the New York City housing environment, HousingLink works to connect families fleeing domestic violence to safe, affordable apartments, helps them to address barriers to qualifying for housing and provides aftercare that help them to remain stable in their apartments.
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applcation for housing
If you are looking for an affordable apartment you should contact a Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) Housing Ambassador, which are organizations that help people to sign-up for NYC Housing Connect. You can call 311 and ask to speak to a Housing Ambassador. Here’s the website link to the program which is located in every borough – http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/renters/housing-ambassadors.page.
You can also sign-up for NYC Housing Connect online at https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html#home
The Housing Resource Center on our website also has information on finding an apartment – https://www.newdestinyhousing.org/housing-help/affordable-apartments/
Presently living in a a room with another person that has assaulted all other residents and he doesn’t help keep the place clean and he has a lot of company that are disruptive.
Need to find another place before I’m assaulted aswell
If you are looking for an affordable apartment you should contact a Dept. of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) Housing Ambassador, which are organizations that help people to sign-up for NYC Housing Connect. You can call 311 and ask to speak to a Housing Ambassador. Here’s the website link to the program which is located in every borough – http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/renters/housing-ambassadors.page.
You can also sign-up for NYC Housing Connect online at https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html#home
The Housing Resource Center on our website also has information on finding an apartment – https://www.newdestinyhousing.org/housing-help/affordable-apartments/