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Help Another Kid
Fifth-grader Olivia Oldham asks fellow students to pitch in and help homeless kids.
Fifth-grader Olivia Oldham asks fellow students to pitch in and help homeless kids.
Mary's recent blog for the Huffington Post about the importance of participating in Project: Back to School
We are looking to collect 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies for homeless children in need.
The National Coalition for the Homeless just released a report detailing the number of violent attacks against the homeless in 2009. The number of resulting fatalities was the highest in a decade.
Over 1,000 families have returned to homelessness after receiving Advantage.
DHS recently published a “myths v. facts” page about Advantage. Curiously enough, their “facts” ignore their own data, indicators, and measurements.
Jorge Morera, one of the Coalition's Crisis Intervention counselors, discusses the barriers he sees every day with families face in their application to shelter.
The Mayor’s flawed rental subsidy program is leading hundreds of formerly homeless families BACK into homelessness and putting thousands more at risk.
The number of homeless single adults has continued to rise even with the onset of summer, reaching a 5 year high in June.
Record temperatures this week can be dangerous for your health and safety. Try and stay cool with these tips.
2600 Families with revoked Section 8 vouchers will be saved, along with countless more families at risk.
New data show a continued trend of disparity between rich and poor.
Please join in our campaign to urge the Bloomberg administration to help the 2,600 needy families whose housing vouchers were revoked by the City six months ago.
Rosa Bracero, a homeless teen who almost didn't graduate because of misguided City policies, is now about to receive her diploma.
Back in December, Mayor Bloomberg broke a promise to provide housing vouchers to 2,600 needy families. Six months later, the Mayor still hasn’t helped these families.
In a major victory for homeless New Yorkers, New York State Legislators reached an agreement with the Mayor and Governor to eliminate rules forcing homeless families to pay “rent” for shelter, and instead to create a new savings plan.
The proposed new rule would prohibit the city from referring homeless single adults to illegally converted boarding houses, also known as 3/4 houses.
The New York Times has a long history of virulent opposition to rent regulation, and its latest “news” article on the subject was predictably full of distortions.
The mayor opposes paying people a living wage yet expects them to pull themselves out of poverty. How exactly remains a mystery.
The NY Daily News editorial board echoes Bloomberg administration spin that jobs are the sole solution to homelessness – but ignores the overwhelming evidence debunking that myth.