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The city has told 200 families on the brink of homelessness to fend for themselves in an experiment that has cruelly turned them into virtual lab rats.

In an attempt to test how well a one-stop assistance program is working, theDepartment of Homeless Services split 400 struggling families into haves and have-nots.

The “haves” get rental assistance, job training and other services through a program called Homebase.

The other half wasn’t so lucky.

Read more at NYDailyNews

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