Migrants takeover New York in asylum seeking that is causing chaos within the housing industry. 2,200 new migrants have been appearing week by week in New York. New York is the only nation that requires a “right to shelter.”
Since the middle of May New York’s homeless shelters have jumped up 58,000 people, which is the most the city has seen ever. This amount of people typically takes years to accumulate. While the migrants are arriving, New York is trying to close buildings that are being used to house the homeless.
Just after shutting down bigger shelters due to the aftermath of covid-19, New York is now wondering how they can get that many shelters back to the migrants that are seeking asylum. Mayor Bill De Blasio’s administration had just closed 3,600 apartments being used to shelter the homeless.
The migrants appeared as soon as the city shelter had fallen to the lowest in a decade. Mayor De Blasio’s administration plan is to open 90 dedicated shelters for the migrants. For the first time in recent history they will use tents to house the homeless until they seek asylum.