IS MICHAEL FLYNN, VERY BRIEFLY FORMER TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR AND WE JUST LEARNED
TODAY HIS SENTENCING WILL BE
JANUARY 28th.
JANUARY 28th. >>> SUING NEW YORK CITY HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. NEWARK HAS AGREED TO STOP
SENDING PEOPLE FOR NOW BUT
FILING A COUNTER SUIT THAT THEY
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST FAMILIES
WHILE THEY DUKE OVER IN COURT.
WE SPOKE WITH ONE WOMAN
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
>> WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO
GET ON YOUR FEET?
>> THE JOBS HERE.
THE WAGE IS NOT THE SAME.
I STARTED WORKING AGAIN AS A
DRIVER AND I’VE BEEN BACKED UP.
>> PEOPLE ARGUE THIS PROGRAM
HELPS PEOPLE ENOUGH AND TAXPAYER
MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> I THINK IT’S A LIE.
THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT HELP AS
MUCH AS THEY THINK IT DOES, IT
REALLY DOESN’T.
REALLY DOESN’T. >> DO YOU REGRET THIS PROGRAM?
DO YOU WISH YOU HAD STAYED IN A
SHELTER?
SHELTER? >> NO.
>> NO. I KNOW THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
OTHER WAYS.
OTHER WAYS. >> Reporter: SHE AND HER
FAMILY’S LEASE WAS UP ON
DECEMBER 14th, MEANING SHE CAN’T
MAKE RENT FOR THIS MONTH AND
THEY’RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOUR
OPTIONS?
OPTIONS? >> HELP.
>> HELP. I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION.
JUST CONTINUE TO WORK.
I’VE BEEN TRYING.
>> Reporter: ALEXA IS HERE WITH
ME.
ME. IT’S HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THAT
MOTHER AND SEE HER IN TEARS AND
WHAT SHE’S GOING THROUGH.
WHAT’S THIS BATTLE BETWEEN
NEWARK AND NEW YORK CITY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE ON THE SURFACE
NEW JERSEY IS SAYING, DON’T SEND
PEOPLE HERE.
PEOPLE HERE. >> IT’S COMPLICATED.
NEWARK CITY SAID IN EARLY
DECEMBER SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA
HOW MANY IMPEACHMENT THIS
PROGRAMMING WAS SENDING TO NEW
JERSEY AND THE WAY THE PROGRAM
WAS STRUCTURED GAVE LANDLORDS
INCENTIVE TO CREATE HOUSING
ENVIRONMENTS NOT HABITABLE AND
PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE WATER OR
SINKS.
SINKS. NEWARK WAS CONCERNED THE
APARTMENTS NEW YORK WAS PUTTING
HOMELESS FAMILIES INTO WAS
GETTING COMPLAINTS AND DIDN’T
KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.
WE SAW THE NEW YORK CITY COUNTER
SUIT TODAY.
SUIT TODAY. THEY’RE SAYING NEWARK’S POSITION
IS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. BOTH SIDES HAVE LEGITIMATE AND
VALID ARGUMENTS.
VALID ARGUMENTS. HOMELESS FAMILIES ARE STUCK IN
THE MIDDLE AND IT’S COMPLICATED.
>> I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT A
PROGRAM LIKE THIS UNTIL YOU DID
THIS STORY.
THIS STORY. IS IT NEW FOR SPECIFIC TO NEW
YORK?
YORK? >> THE CONCEPT TO RELOCATING
FAMILIES, SPECIFICALLY HOMELESS
FAMILIES IS NOT NECESSARILY NEW.
WE SEE IT IN FLORIDA, ARIZONA,
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. THIS CONCEPT DATES BACK DECADES.
WE HAVE SEEN IT A LOT, FLOATED
THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION
WHERE THERE WAS THIS IDEA NEW
YORK CITY WOULD BUY A HOTEL IN
THE CATSKILLS TO RELOCATE
HOMELESS FAMILIES.
HOMELESS FAMILIES. UNDER THE BLOOMBERG
ADMINISTRATION THE CONTROVERSIAL
ONE WAY BUS TICKET OUT APPROACH
UNDER THE BLOOMBERG
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. IT’S NOT NECESSARILY NEW BUT WE
ARE SEEING MORE ATTENTION BEING
PLACED ON THIS STRATEGIST
BECAUSE OF THE NEWARK LAWSUIT.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE LEASE IS UP
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. >> SATURDAY.
>> SATURDAY. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM NOW?
>> I SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. THEY RECEIVED AN EVICTION NOTICE
ON THEIR DOOR ON FRIDAY, THE DAY
BEFORE THEIR LEASE WAS UP.
IN NEW JERSEY, YOU CAN’T
ACTUALLY GET EVICTED UNLESS
THERE IS A COURT ORDER.
THEIR COURT DATE IS JANUARY 7th.
THEY WILL WAIT OUT THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER.
DECEMBER. THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHEN
THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUPPOSEDLY
SUPPOSED TO GET PEOPLE BACK ONTO
THEIR FEET, WHAT ACTUAL
COMPONENTS DO THAT WHEN YOU SEE
HER AND HER FAMILY, THEY WILL BE
BACK TO SQUARE ONE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE MAJOR
METROPOLITAN CITIES ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES ARE DEALING WITH.
IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE ENOUGH TO
GET HOMELESS FAMILIES BACK ON
THEIR FEET?
THEIR FEET? YOU SAW IN THIS CASE, IT ISN’T
NECESSARILY SO.
NECESSARILY SO. >> NOT ALWAYS.
SOME SITUATIONS IT DOES WORK BUT