Tuesday, March 29, 2011 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Advantage Tenants - Your April Rent will be Paid!
A court order has required the City to pay April's rent to current Advantage tenants.
A court order has required the City to pay April's rent to current Advantage tenants.
Mayor Bloomberg is playing politics with the lives of homeless children and families, issuing irresponsible threats in order to defend a failed program that has led to record homelessness. And these threats have just gotten MUCH more dangerous.
Information on the Advantage program and your rights as a tenant, prepared by the Coalition and the Legal Aid Society.
In yet another example of fear-mongering and misleading the public, the Bloomberg administration threatened today to cut off rent subsidies for 15,000 formerly-homeless families – and the Coalition vowed to stop this unlawful action.
As Mayor Bloomberg and City officials continue their irresponsible fear-mongering in defense of the failed Advantage program, they are refusing to talk about a better, cheaper alternative: Federal housing programs.
We often report on the sad circumstances facing homeless kids and their families, but this is one story we'd like to share that highlights the inspiring things young people are doing today to help the less fortunate.
Late last week Mayor Bloomberg and administration officials engaged in irresponsible scare tactics in their desperate attempts to defend the failed Advantage program. And as usual, they didn?t tell the whole story about how to genuinely help homeless families.
In a stunning piece of investigative journalism, WABC 7's Sarah Wallace documents the plight of homeless families as they are repeatedly found ineligible for shelter.
The Coalition for the Homeless joined with other community groups and unions to for the Strong Economy for All Coalition. On March 8, they held their launching rally. You can find the press release and photos in this blog.
The New York Daily News published a comprehensive article on the failures of the Advantage program, with fresh evidence that the program is little more than a revolving door back to homelessness for vulnerable children and families.
Watch a new documentary about the lives of ten homeless veterans.
Read about the Coalition's testimony to NY State Legislators about the Governor Cuomo's 2011-2012 proposed health budget.
Read the latest edition of Safety Net. This issue focuses on key policy decisions Governor Cuomo and State Legislature can make to reduce homelessness.