Mayor Eric Adams Floats Idea of Homeowners With Spare Rooms Taking in Asylum Seekers; Room for Rent? New York Mayor Willing to Pay Homeowners to House Migrants

Mayor Eric Adams Floats Idea of homeowners with spare rooms taking in asylum seekers

With thousands of asylum seekers coming to New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is floating an interesting idea to help accommodate them.

Hizzoner says homeowners with a spare room could be paid to provide shelter.

“There are residents who are suffering right now because of economic challenges. They have spare rooms. It’s cheaper and it’s a good investment for us to go to a family and assist them instead of placing people in large congregate settings or in these emergency hotels,” Adams said.

In the Woodlawn section of the Bronx, resident Allan Reese said he doesn’t think the idea will fly.

“Uh huh, ha, good luck with that,” Reese said.

CBS2 found a lot of skepticism, along with some support.

“Some people might go for it You know, why not? People open their hearts to people,” said Martha Kelly of Woodlawn.

Sam Waniala, also of Woodlawn, said the private residence idea shows the mayor is running out of asylum housing options.

“He may be desperate, but I think he shouldn’t do something because he’s desperate — so government interferes with our freedom or our security,” Waniala said. —>READ MORE HERE

Room for rent? New York mayor willing to pay homeowners to house migrants:

New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed Monday that New Yorkers accept illegal immigrants into their private homes and get paid for it.

Following up on the latest effort to place a growing number of migrants in houses of worship, the mayor said he wants to go beyond that solution by paying local homeowners and landlords.

He said moving asylum seekers into private homes would be a progression from housing single migrant men in 50 churches, mosques and other houses of worship across the five boroughs.

“It is my vision to take the next step to this faith-based locales and then move to a private residence,” Mr. Adams, a Democrat, said Monday during a City Hall press conference. “There are residents right now who are suffering because of economic challenges. They have spare rooms.”

He said if the city can figure out ways around legal restrictions on such a move, “we can take that $4.2 billion — $4.3 [billion] maybe now — that we anticipate we have to spend and we can put it back in the pockets of everyday New Yorkers, everyday houses of worship instead of putting it in the pockets of corporations.

“We should be recycling our own dollars,” he said. —>READ MORE HERE

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