Bloomberg Charges the Homeless Rent

The Village Voice reports:

Dusting off an idea dating back to the Giuliani era, the Bloomberg administration has quietly started charging rent to homeless people who stay in emergency city shelters, the Voice has learned.

With no fanfare, Bloomberg officials in June began charging residents of at least four Brooklyn shelters up to 30 percent of their income, records obtained by the Voice show. People who don't pay could be kicked out of the shelter, the documents show.

We wonder if the city will apply rent-control on itself.