Home-abuse vics flood shelters

Domestic violence is fueling the city’s homelessness crisis and victims are increasingly stuck in unsafe hotel shelters, a report from City Comptroller Scott Stringer revealed Monday.

Two out of every five families in New York’s maligned shelter system were forced from their homes by abusive relationships, the report found. That’s a 44 percent increase over five years and makes abuse the biggest cause of the homelessness crisis, according to the report.

Stringer’s report also found that the city’s embattled Department of Homeless Services often places the families in hotel shelters, where they are unlikely to receive needed services.

More than 900 families were placed in hotels in 2018, up exponentially from just two in 2014.

“They put families with children impacted by domestic violence in these terrible hotels,” Stringer told reporters. “Domestic-violence survivors and their children need permanent and affordable housing, not motel rooms with no kitchen and no security.”

City Hall has spent at least $1 billion on hotel shelters since 2014. The Post recently revealed that city inspectors found unsafe conditions in rooms run by the system’s two biggest contractors, Childrens Community Services and the Acacia Network.

“We will review the report to ensure we are doing everything we can to make our city safe for everyone at all times,” said city spokeswoman Avery Cohen.