Last summer the family spent more than two weeks in city shelters.
About 5,400 families and 7,000 single people are currently in city shelters.
He said going to city shelter would be "out of the question."
The plan will take effect this fall for most of the 5,700 adults with children who live in city shelters.
But police investigators said she first showed up at a city shelter in 1996.
The number of homeless families in city shelters is at a record 6,252, including 11,594 children, and growing.
There are now 5,400 families in city shelters, a record number.
"I'll stay with friends or go in the city shelter until I get on welfare," he said.
One section of the building is now used as a city shelter for 70 homeless women.
The weekend began on Friday night with 9,587 people in city shelters, she said.
