Today’s Listen: Home Stability Support

New York’s severe housing affordability crisis continues to be the primary cause of record homelessness. Incomes have failed to keep up with skyrocketing rents, and the State’s shelter allowance for public assistance recipients is nowhere near sufficient t ..Read More

Homeless Shelter Opponents Pick the Wrong Target

Every New Yorker is aware of how the city’s homeless crisis has worsened in the last decade. We all see it, and everyone wants the problem solved – no one more so than homeless people themselves. This is a city-wide problem that derives from the severe lac ..Read More

Coalition Testifies on Right to Counsel in Housing Court

On Monday, the Coalition for the Homeless joined dozens of other advocates and tenants in presenting testimony in support of City Council Intro 214-a, which would guarantee legal representation for low-income New Yorkers in housing court. Eviction is a leading ..Read More

A Right to a Lawyer to Save Your Home

There are few legal fights more lopsided than landlords suing to evict their lower-income tenants. In New York City’s housing court, it’s usually a team of lawyers representing the landlord going against a tenant, unrepresented and alone. The claims for ev ..Read More

Ignoring the Facts: Some Bad Arguments Just Won’t Go Away

Recent editorials by the Daily News and New York Post highlight the ongoing homelessness crisis facing the City: According to the Coalition for the Homeless, more than 60,000 men, women, and children are sleeping in NYC shelters each night. The crisis is indee ..Read More