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NYC Charges Working Homeless Shelter Rent

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2009 12:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – New York City has quietly begun to enforce a 1997 state law requiring homeless shelter residents who have jobs to contribute to the cost of their temporary housing, the New York Times reports. The move, which follows a 2007 audit that forced the city to... Read full story »

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