The city Human Resources Administration has filled just 200 of the roughly 2,500 empty apartments for homeless New Yorkers in the month since The Post first revealed the existence of the funded-but-unused supportive housing units. The slow pace seemingly affirms observations from advocates for the Big Apple’s homeless population, who say they’ve seen little evidence of change at HRA — or its parent agency, the Department of Social Services — in the weeks since the investigation was published was first published, despite promises from Mayor Eric Adams to tackle the issue. “We have heard from from Department of Social Services officials that filling the vacant supportive housing units is a priority, but we have not yet seen major changes to the process for filling apartments,” said Jacquelyn Simone, the policy director for the Coalition for the Homeless.
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