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DSS says 5,092 supportive-housing units vacant; bill would mandate vacancy data but agencies warn of reporting limits
Summary
The Department of Social Services told the City Council on June 3 that 5,092 supportive housing units were listed as vacant in the city's tracking system, CAPS.
The Department of Social Services told the City Council on June 3 that 5,092 supportive housing units were listed as vacant in the city's tracking system, CAPS. Administrator French, appearing for DSS, said the figure includes units taken offline for repair and units in different stages of referral or lease-up.
The matter matters to advocates and council members because the city has thousands of unsheltered and street‑homeless New Yorkers and policymakers have flagged supportive housing as a key tool to reduce street homelessness. Council Member Ressler pressed DSS on the numbers during the Committee on General Welfare hearing and asked for common definitions and reconciliation with nongovernmental analyses.
DSS described how the 5,092 figure breaks down: roughly 44 percent of those units (about 2,226) are…
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