One week after HASA officials downplay and distort the impact of a new drug screening policy at City Council hearing on HASA, VOCAL-NY along with other AIDS activists (including Housing Works) are marching to Commissioner Doar’s office to demand he undergo the same drug screening he’s demanding of people with AIDS in need of housing.

Activists will demand an end to the new drug screening policy, restoration of $10 million in HIV/AIDS housing and nutrition programs that Mayor Bloomberg would eliminate in next year’s budget, and a 30% rent cap affordable housing protection that would prevent homelessness for more than 10,000 HASA clients with a severe rent share burden and enable an additional 1,000 clients to move out of the shelter system.

As we reported last week, HASA officials who testified at the hearing contradicted Commissioner Doar’s December 1 blog post on the policy change, and the written policy itself (which AIDS activists were able to obtain despite the fact it was not officially made available). We hope that you join us today to say so to policies that keep people out of permanent housing.

WHEN: Friday, February 17th at 12:30pm. March arrives at HRA at 1pm.
WHERE: March begins at the lighthouse in South Street Seaport (corner of Fulton St. and Water St.) and arrives at HRA’s main offices at 180 Water Street (corner of John St.).

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