In New York, a nonprofit helps Ukrainian refugees make a home

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One of the more daunting tasks facing refugees from the war in Ukraine who come to New York is finding a place to live. A Manhattan real estate executive has been helping to find them apartments at reduced rents with the help of two Ukrainian sisters who work for him.

Bob Perl, a real estate broker who owns properties in the neighborhood known as Little Ukraine in Manhattan's East Village, started the Ukrainian Habitat Fund because he was deeply affected by the plight of the refugees.

"I was spending too much time thinking about what I wanted to do to Putin," said Perl, president of Tower Brokerage. "I thought, 'I'm a landlord, let me at least help one refugee family.' And then it occurred to me, well, maybe I could help two refugee families and have each of them pay half rent."

More than 270,000 Ukrainians have arrived in the U.S. since the start of the war a year ago and tens of thousands have made their way to New York state.