Amsterdam News: Bill would allow incarceration to count toward supportive housing eligibility
Jail is not a home, but incarceration prevents people from qualifying for city-funded supportive housing, which requires a recent track record of homelessness. For this reason, the City Council passed a bill on August 14 considering time spent in prison, jail, or court-mandated medical detention to count toward time unhoused when meeting the qualifying threshold if the individual was homeless before entering custody and would remain homeless after release.