How One GOP Plutocrat Helped Make 20,000 Kids Homeless

So far, the administration has rebuffed the plan. At a hearing in September, Department of Homeless Services commissioner Seth Diamond pointed, improbably, to job training programs as the way to address the city's skyrocketing homelessness. One council member called it a "head-in-the-sand" approach.  

Diamond reiterated the administration's position that shelter residents should not be prioritized for housing aid.