New York City’s Department of Homeless Services has given 150 illegal immigrant families with up to $4,000 each to leave the city’s shelter system and move into permanent housing.
According to a Gothamist report, the grants are part of an unpublicized pilot program called Asylee Moveout Assistance. The funds were allocated to asylum-seeking families and pregnant women who were living at 62 emergency Department of Homeless Services shelters and were able to secure permanent housing. The grant funds can be used to pay for moving expenses, security deposits, first and last month’s rent, and other household supplies. Recipients are provided with up to $1,000 gift cards for necessary household items, and moving companies, landlords and other merchants are paid directly by the program.
The grants are paid for with leftover funds from existing budgeted Department of Homeless Services contracts with nonprofit shelter operators, who also run the grant program
The program quietly began in December and is based on a similar city grant program to help residents in city shelters to help pay for moving costs. However, federal and state laws prevented some asylum-seekers from participating in that program.
“The city continues to use every tool at its disposal to implement innovative solutions while creating fundamental resettlement supports for recently arrived asylum-seekers who may not be eligible for most federal and state-funded rehousing assistance,” said Neha Sharma, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeless Services. “We look forward to supporting more households as we assess the successes of the pilot and feasibility of scaling up and expanding access to this form of assistance.”
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, illegal is illegal why reward them just put them in jail.
Wow no wonder we have so many crossing the border all this free money, free health care, and gift cards. Who the hell is paying for this, wise up and close the border and take care of your own homeless people that live in the state.
How many American citizens has this organization ‘helped’…I’m betting none. Continue to reward law breakers and the laws will continue to be broken and ignored
FRAUD!!! American’s Tax Money for for America and Americans. To use for other purposes or people
IS A FRAUD!!!
Left over funds huh? Ever thought about giving it back to the tax payers.
I’m sure a number of law biding young Americans would love this kind of help. ILLEGAL is the key word here!!
Have we adequately covered the housing needs of all of our military veteran men and women first??
That money should go toward their air fare back to where they came from. They should never have been allowed to cross the border. Total waste of money.
I think it is great that these new arrivals get some help. It’s a step in the right direction. I also understand why some citizens feel the way they do because so many citizens aren’t getting the help they need. We should help our citizens, but we should also remember our humanity in helping everyone that is in need
New arrivals?? Are you kidding!!??
These are ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!
ILLEGAL!!
Walked right into the Biden Harris border fiasco and DO NOT BELONG IN OUR COUNTRY!!
These Criminals from third world shitholes are living better here then American citizens that are Homeless.
use that money, those funds, TO DEPORT THEM !!
Send them back to south of our border, and you’ll see how fast Mexico closes its Southern Border so these scumbags stop walking all the way up Mexico from South American Countries.
These people are not “asylum seekers”, who are you kidding? They don’t want to be naturalized citizens of the US. They don’t want to learn English. They are not interested in our laws. The more we provide housing and free money, the better they like it. Who wouldn’t? It’s absolutely stupid.
Deport these invaders. I’m sick of busting my ass to pay for this crap
I read another article about California giving illegal aliens $50,000 to use to buy a house.
It’s a scandal that our own citizens including veterans and their families not being able to obtain the same assistance that illegal aliens can. How can this discriminatory practice be taken placed at the taxpayer’s cost.
Yes Nancy Pelosi was behind the bill Up to $150,000 down payment assistance(20%) for illegals :”We are giving them the American Dream that should be available to everyone” she says. Get your congressman to vote NO and VOTE REPUBLICAN!
Let’s GO Brandon
Keep voting blue people! This is what all you democrats voted for in New York and California. Not sure why this is a surprise to you all!
You should change the title of this article by switching “Provides” with “Bribes”
We constantly hear about a housing shortage and high rents then see this and winder why. This program creates a bigger demand meaning higher rents and government funds are hurting low income residents again. The Dem party is distorting this whole economy and it has to be intentional
We have our own homeless, homeless vets who put their life on the line for us and we do nothing…but walk across the Rio Grande, have Gov Abbott put you on a bus to New York and the taxpayer will give you everything. This is an embarrassment. These people have broken the law, they should be deported back to their home country. I am sorry but if their country isn’t safe why is that my problem.
LOL, America is at war with the Democrats like we were 160 years ago. This time they’re communists instead of confederates. Still evil. This election is Trump and America versus evil.
illegal means what? All of them are criminal invaders and the conversion/theft of tax payer money by politicians and their proxies is treasonous.