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Rivera’s bill to expand supportive‑housing eligibility draws broad provider support and agency concern over capacity
Summary
Council Member Rivera introduced Intro 1,100 to expand eligibility for city‑funded supportive housing to people released from incarceration in the prior 12 months; providers urged passage, while HRA said the bill as written risks overwhelming limited units and offered an RFP amendment to partially address the gap.
Council Member Rivera told the Criminal Justice Committee she is sponsoring Intro 1,100 to amend eligibility rules for the city’s supportive‑housing program so people recently released from jail can qualify for units and services that advocates say prevent cycling between incarceration, homelessness and hospitalization.
Why it matters: Supportive housing is central to the city’s strategy for safely reducing the jail population, advocates and providers said. At the same time, city agencies warned that program capacity and federal eligibility rules complicate immediate expansion, and they proposed a narrower administrative fix while continuing talks with the council on statutory change.
What the bill would do
Rivera said Intro 1,100 would amend the city‑funded New York City 15/15 supportive‑housing program to include people who were released from incarceration within the prior 12 months as an eligible…
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