The 2017 city budget has cut spending for homeless shelters, despite
high levels of homelessness that don’t appear to be dropping anytime
soon, a new report from a fiscal monitor found.
The Independent Budget Office found that the city is budgeting $325
million for homeless adult shelters, and $452 million for family
shelters in 2017 — $120 million and $72 million less than this year,
respectively.
The administration is reducing spending on those shelters because it hopes that the homeless population — which is at near record levels — will drop after a slew of new programs kick in.
