When Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced last week that he would end the practice of clearing homeless encampments, advocates for the homeless said that the decision was a win, viewing it as a shift from criminalizing homelessness to permanently housing people. But drastic funding shifts playing out on the federal level may threaten this approach and have already been quietly reshaping how New York City supportive housing projects are operating.

President Donald Trump’s administration announced the significant shift regarding its approach to homelessness last month: from long-term housing to short-term shelters with many eligibility requirements. It’s a stance on the homelessness crisis that will complicate the city’s approach to housing people, as Mamdani commits to ending encampmen

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