Why shouldn’t they pay?

The Bloomberg administration has quietly begun charging rent to homeless families who live in publicly run shelters but have income from jobs. The new policy is based on a 1997 state law that was not enforced until last week, when shelter operators across the city began requiring residents to pay a certain portion of their [...]

The Economics of Immigration

Many illegal immigrants live in public housing. Supply and demand. When demand is driven up artificially by permitting illegals to saturate public housing rolls, there will be a decrease in supply—driving genuine recipients of public housing into the streets. If I break the law by stealing your car, I will be prosecuted and have penalties [...]