Thank You For Another Successful Holiday Toy Drive! Posted on December 26, 2018 Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Holiday Toy Drive. With your help, we distributed nearly 10,000 action figures, books, games, basketballs, dolls and more for homeless girls and boys in New York City. Last week, more than 120 kids from city sh ..Read More
14 Percent of the Nation’s Homeless Population Are in New York City Posted on December 19, 2018 by Kristin Toussaint in Metro The number of people experiencing homelessness in New York City has been growing, according to an annual report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report for 2018, released this week, found that ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Shelter Conditions Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding shelter conditions and several bills related to homeless services. New York City has a legal right t ..Read More
Faith Leaders and Housing Advocates Held Candlelight Vigil to Support Construction of More Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on December 18, 2018 in Press Release Advocates Demand Mayor’s Housing New York 2.0 Plan Include 30,000 Units for Homeless Households, with 24,000 to be Created through New Construction Homelessness Crisis Still at Record Levels, with More Than 23,000 Children and All-Time Record 17,000 Single A ..Read More
Today’s Read: Number of Homeless People in New York State Continues to Grow Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Across the United States, 552,830 people were homeless on a single night in 2018, showing the strong economy has not fully addressed the persistent lack of affordable housing. A striking 17 percent of those homeless Americans, or 91,897 people, were in New Yor ..Read More
Homelessness Rises Slightly Despite Strong Economy, Federal Report Finds Posted on December 17, 2018 by Glenn Thrush in The New York Times Despite the booming economy, homelessness in the United States rose slightly for the second year in a row, with spikes in high-rent cities like New York and Seattle, according to an annual report released on Monday by the Department of Housing and Urban Develo ..Read More
5 Things People Get Wrong About Homelessness Posted on December 15, 2018 by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman in HuffPost Homelessness affects hundreds of thousands of Americans on any given day, and yet many people still perpetuate wrong and at times harmful stereotypes about those struggling to access housing. Last year, more than 500,000 people were homeless across the country ..Read More
Today’s Read: Setting the Record Straight Posted on December 12, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Coalition for the Homeless released a white paper entitled “Housing DisConnect: Fact-Checking Mayor de Blasio’s Claims on Affordable Housing and Homelessness.” The report illustrates how Mayor de Blasio’s current housing plan falls far sho ..Read More
When Days Aren’t So Sunny: Sesame Street Takes on Homelessness Posted on December 12, 2018 by Nikita Stewart in The New York Times Lily, a fuchsia Muppet with a mop of hair, green eyelids and a lavender nose, debuted on “Sesame Street” seven years ago. She was shy and soft-spoken. Her family, she explained to Elmo, did not have enough to eat. At the time, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofi ..Read More
