The Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter estimates that paying for their rent is far less than the cost of living in a homeless shelter.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Sixteen students at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn who experience homelessness or housing insecurity are getting their rents paid as part of a pilot program its backers hope could be replicated throughout the city’s public university system and elsewhere.
“For generations, CUNY has been a gateway to the middle class for thousands of New Yorkers,” said Ann Shalof, CEO of Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter. “Sadly, many students will never complete their degrees, not because they lack motivation, but because they do not have access to stable housing.” “I went from living with four [other] people in one room to – now it's actually one person in one bedroom. That's crazy,” said the 19-year-old first-year student. “I still kind of feel shocked. I'm like, it's just me in here.”Before she moved into the three-bedroom apartment in Long Island City, Queens, about two months ago, which she shares with two classmates, Zaldaña was sharing a 300 square foot studio apartment with her parents, sister and grandmother.
“I was living in coffee shops and libraries because I didn't have resources to study at home comfortably in the ways that I needed to,” said Zaldaña. “I work best when it's a bit quiet. Having four or five people in one room there's no way you can really have that quiet you need to focus.”
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