Record Shelter Numbers Explained in One Graph

Families entering the shelter system in 2012 differ from those in years prior in a very important way – most of them have been homeless before. In 2005 and the years prior, the percentage of families entering shelter who had previously been homeless remained ..Read More

The new issue of Safety Net is online!

Read the latest issue of Safety Net, the newsletter of the Coalition for the Homeless. Remembering Larry Tim Campbell, the Director of Programs, writes about a former client who recently passed away and the Coalition’s unwillingness to give up on him de ..Read More

Court of Appeals Releases Final Advantage Decision

Yesterday, after a 15-month battle, the New York Court of Appeals ruled against Advantage tenants in Zheng v. City of New York, officially ending the chance that any more rental payments will be made for remaining tenants. Read the final decision here. The ..Read More

First Heat Wave of 2012

Record temperatures this week can be dangerous for your health and safety. If you are homeless and living on the streets or staying in a shelter without air-conditioning, try and stay cool with the following suggestions: 1. Take advantage of Citywide Cooling C ..Read More

Homeless Again: Repeat Homelessness Fueling Record Numbers

Today’s Wall Street Journal highlights a growing problem amidst already record homelessness in New York City – families returning to shelter from the failed Advantage program. As of the end of 2011, over 3,400 former-Advantage families had returned to sh ..Read More

Record Homelessness and Advantage Families in Limbo

Democracy Now! aired an in-depth report yesterday on record homelessness and the plight that many former Advantage families are now facing. Watch it here. Among the families with whom reporter Chantal Bergman spoke was Katrice Bryson and her young daughter. ..Read More

State of the Homeless 2012: If Not Now, When?

Today Coalition for the Homeless released our State of the Homeless 2012 report, which documents a new record-high homeless shelter population in New York City – more than 43,000 people per night with more than 17,000 children, also an all-time record high ..Read More