Is it true that GM William Lombardy was homeless in the last year of his life? As title above, is it true that GM William Lombardy was homeless in the last year or so of his life?
He was evicted from his New York apartment more than a year ago for non-payment of rent. The New York Times covered the case in an article March 14 2016. 
 This section would suggest that it was willful on Lombardy's part -


  Mr. Lombardy did not appear for his initial June 2014 court date, nor
  several that followed, though on some occasions, his student Mr.
  Siudzinski, a 26-year-old filmmaker from Long Island, went in his
  place. Explanations for his absence included a burn on his hands,
  travel in Kansas to teach a chess student and general ailments
  including double-hip replacement and asthma. Both men have filed
  motions claiming a lack of accommodation for Mr. Lombardy’s
  disabilities.
  
  In July 2014, a judge ruled in favor of the landlord, in part because
  Mr. Lombardy had not appeared in court. The next month, he did arrive
  to contest the new eviction notice, and Judge Anne Katz directed him
  to seek counsel through Manhattan Legal Services. Rubin Englard became
  his lawyer that December and began to work on a settlement. The
  landlord would have received $13,562.46, the balance of rent since the
  case started, with almost all of the money provided by social service
  programs. As the settlement progressed last spring, Mr. Lombardy
  rejected it and fired Mr. Englard (who did not respond to requests for
  comment).


An obituary from Chessbase says this -


  William Lombardy died Friday, October 13th, at a friend's home where
  he was staying, in Martinez, California (approximately 50 kilometers
  northeast of San Francisco) of a suspected heart attack. Another
  friend, Joseph Shipman, confirmed the news to ChessBase and reported
  visiting with Lombardy at a cafe in the nearby town of Berkeley on
  October 6th:
  
  Bill was in good spirits and looked good. We went over the key
  Caruana-Carlsen game from the Isle of Man tournament and his
  criticisms of Caruana’s play were on target. Although Lombardy was
  hospitalized for several months earlier this year, in recent months he
  was active and travelling, so news of his death came as a shock.


So, it is not that he spent the last year living on the street as has been suggested in some quarters.