New York City’s homeless people who have jobs are going to have to start paying rent in order to stay in shelters, according to city officials. “Open-ended handouts, we know, don’t work,” Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs said. “This is not a moneymaker. We’re not doing this to close budget gaps. It’s really the principles … involved.” Shelter residents will have to pay up to 44 percent of their income in the first year of the program: a family of three making $10,000 will have to pay only $36 a month, but a family of the same size making $25,000 will owe the city $926 per month. [NYDN]
