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Why Come To NYC?

Economic Pressure on the Poor

As of January 2010, there were over 36,000 people--including over 8,000 families and over 14,000 children--in New York City shelters.

At the heart of our New York's epidemic of homelessness is a shortage of affordable housing and living-wage jobs.

City-wide, the average asking rental price has risen to about $2,700 a month.
New York City started the 90's with some 925,000 units of low-cost ($500 or less per month) housing; it ended the decade with less than half that number.
One out of three New York households pays more than 30 percent of its income for rent, the current Federal measure of housing affordability. One out of four pays more than fifty percent.
The "housing wage" for New York metro area (the minimal wage a family needs to afford a two bedroom at a fair market rate) is $25.35 an hour. The current minimum wage in New York is $7.35 per hour.

In New York City, Approximately 1.5 million people live below the federal poverty level.*
In 2010, 37% of New York City residents (3 million people) had difficulty affording food.
Compounding that, New Yorkers who live below the poverty line consistently have higher rates of obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. (Data from United Way NYC)*

According to researchers, church attendance is down in NYC by 20 percent over the past decade

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