What to Know
- Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that residential evictions have gone down 37% since 2013.
- Evictions in New York City have decreased from 29,000 in 2013 to 18,000 in 2018.
- This stems partly from an increase in funding for legal assistance for tenants facing eviction.
Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that residential evictions have gone down 37% since 2013.
Evictions in New York City have decreased from 29,000 in 2013 to 18,000 in 2018. That adds up to 100,000 New Yorkers that are staying in their homes that might have otherwise been evicted.
“When we came into office only one in a hundred tenants fighting for their homes in housing court had a lawyer and today it’s one in three,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in a statement. “To New Yorkers facing harassment and eviction: we have your back and you are not alone.”
This stems partly from an increase in funding for legal assistance for tenants facing eviction—from $6 million in 2013 to $104 million in 2019.
“Preventing evictions and ensuring housing stability provides the essential foundation for New Yorkers to access opportunity,” said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Herminia Palacio. “This program is a model that all New Yorkers should be proud of and that cities across the country can look to as they too fight the nationwide challenges of poverty and homelessness.”
According to the press release, nearly 250,000 New Yorkers received legal assistance through the tenant legal services programs.
