http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org en Copyright 2012 2012-05-09T00:38:36+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/dept.-of-financial-services-enforces-timothys-law/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/dept.-of-financial-services-enforces-timothys-law/ New York's Department of Financial Services fined 15 health plans a total of $2.7 million for violating a provision of Timothy's Law. 2012-05-08T23:38:36+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/proposed-legislation-will-remedy-flawed-social-worker-waiver-system/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/proposed-legislation-will-remedy-flawed-social-worker-waiver-system/ Lawmakers, Children’s Camps, Human Service Providers Urge Legislature to Correct Professional Employment Snaf} 2012-05-01T18:22:49+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/take-out-the-trash-d-the-city-hides-estimate-of-worseni/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/take-out-the-trash-d-the-city-hides-estimate-of-worseni/ The results of the City’s controversial street homelessness survey are in: A 23 percent increase over last year. If you didn’t hear the news, it’s because the Bloomberg administration dumped the results in a 4:00 pm press release last Friday, a cynical maneuver to hide the bad nede} 2012-05-01T16:47:09+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/an-inspiring-women-mean-business-luncheon/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/an-inspiring-women-mean-business-luncheon/ Thanks to everyone who joined us at Tuesday’s Women Mean Business Luncheon to benefit the Coalition’s First Step Job Training Program. Watch Speaker Christine Quinn's inspiring keynote} 2012-04-18T17:52:04+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/ny-city-council-promotes-effective-housing-assistance-for-homeless-new-york/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/ny-city-council-promotes-effective-housing-assistance-for-homeless-new-york/ Echoing the recommendations of Coalition for the Homeless and policy experts, the City Council called for resuming use of Federal housing programs to help homeless children and adults move from costly shelters to permanent housing. 2012-04-18T16:00:11+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/children-sleeping-in-penn-station/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/children-sleeping-in-penn-station/ Last week, an NBC investigative team delved into one family's struggle to access emergency shelter. There are thousands more like them. Sign our petition calling on the Mayor to stop denying shelter to needy kids and families! 2012-04-04T18:07:31+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/fighting-for-vital-services-in-this-years-city-budget/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/fighting-for-vital-services-in-this-years-city-budget/ In the Mayor's proposed budget, formerly homeless individuals living with HIV and AIDS are facing drastic cuts to essential services, and 41,000 homeless men, women, and children are still without housing options. 2012-03-30T19:34:02+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/nyc-homeless-shelter-costs-rising-due-to-bloomberg-policy-failures/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/nyc-homeless-shelter-costs-rising-due-to-bloomberg-policy-failures/ The NYC Independent Budget Office estimates that Mayor Bloomberg has under-budgeted $76 million for shelters next year in the face of rising homelessness and the Mayor’s refusal to provide housing assistance for homeless families – on the same day that administration officials admitted at an oversight hearing that they never did their own analysie} 2012-03-29T19:38:01+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/must-see-video-citys-wrongful-denial-of-shelter-forces-homeless-kids-mom-to/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/must-see-video-citys-wrongful-denial-of-shelter-forces-homeless-kids-mom-to/ A stunning local TV news report shows how City officials’ wrongful denial of shelter forced a homeless mother and her two children to sleep at Penn Station. And as outrageous as the story is, it’s the sort of thing that happens every day under the Bloomberg administration’s shelter denial rulde} 2012-03-27T16:07:21+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/the-incredible-shrinking-supply-of-affordable-housing/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/the-incredible-shrinking-supply-of-affordable-housing/ As the number of low-income households increases, the supply of affordable housing continues to decline. 2012-03-16T14:25:02+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/hunger-awareness-day-the-face-of-hunger-in-nyc/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/hunger-awareness-day-the-face-of-hunger-in-nyc/ Today, March 15th is Hunger Awareness Day in New York State. 2012-03-15T17:44:48+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/letter-from-joel-berg-to-ny-times-bill-keller/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/letter-from-joel-berg-to-ny-times-bill-keller/ Joel Berg, the Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, takes on NY Times' Bill Keller for his disparaging remarks about homeless people. 2012-03-12T12:27:40+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/8000-families-reach-critical-point-as-advantage-evictions-loom/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/8000-families-reach-critical-point-as-advantage-evictions-loom/ After two months of not receiving a rental subsidy, former Advantage tenants and landlords are facing grim futures. 2012-03-09T16:47:56+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/non-profits-unite-to-fight-senseless-law/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/non-profits-unite-to-fight-senseless-law/ Press Release: Scores of organizations band together to call for Governor and Legislature to provide exemption from law that makes it a felony to employ licensed social workers. 2012-03-05T14:04:38+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/remembering-anna-lou-dehavenon/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/remembering-anna-lou-dehavenon/ This week New York lost a genuinely remarkable woman, Anna Lou Dehavenon, who documented the lives of homeless children and families with passion, sympathy, and a never-failing eye for social injustice. 2012-03-01T17:54:42+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/mayor-bloombergs-failed-homeless-policies-affecting-landlords-too/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/mayor-bloombergs-failed-homeless-policies-affecting-landlords-too/ The City's current homeless policies are not only failing homeless families, but landlords as well. 2012-02-27T20:16:59+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/unhinged-from-reality-mayor-bloomberg-defends-his-shelter-denial-plan/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/unhinged-from-reality-mayor-bloomberg-defends-his-shelter-denial-plan/ The premise behind Mayor Bloomberg’s shelter denial plan – which was fortunately blocked by a New York State Supreme Court ruling this week – has always been more than a little far-fetched and absurd. And this week the Mayor doubled down on the fantastical rhetoric to defend his misguided plde} 2012-02-23T16:21:39+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/court-decision-protects-single-adults-from-being-denied-shelter/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/court-decision-protects-single-adults-from-being-denied-shelter/ A court decision has stopped the City from implementing shelter eligibility rules that would have denied shelter to countless single adults. 2012-02-21T19:16:59+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/coalition-for-the-homeless-praises-speaker-quinns-state-of-the-city-address/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/coalition-for-the-homeless-praises-speaker-quinns-state-of-the-city-address/ Coalition for the Homeless praised Quinn's call for the use of federal housing resources in addressing record NYC homelessness. 2012-02-09T17:36:31+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/record-homelessness-in-the-spotlight-but-with-little-focus-on-the-root-caus/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/record-homelessness-in-the-spotlight-but-with-little-focus-on-the-root-caus/ Homelessness in NYC is at an all-time high, fueled in large part by an increase in the number of families experiencing multiple episodes of homelessness. 2012-02-06T21:01:12+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/dhs-announces-they-will-not-pay-february-rent-for-current-advantage-tenants/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/dhs-announces-they-will-not-pay-february-rent-for-current-advantage-tenants/ The legal fight will continue but future rent payments remain uncertain. Please click here for more information. 2012-02-03T14:35:32+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/discounting-nyc-homelessness/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/discounting-nyc-homelessness/ Last night the City mobilized its annual “count” of street homeless people – a flawed exercise that has only served to misinform the public about the true scale of the homelessness crisis in New York Cide} 2012-01-31T16:13:25+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/homeless-but-not-eligible-for-shelter-fight-continues/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/homeless-but-not-eligible-for-shelter-fight-continues/ The City's proposed rules to deny shelter to homeless men and women faced its first major day in court. 2012-01-24T19:35:30+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/advantage-tenants-january-rent-will-be-paid/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/advantage-tenants-january-rent-will-be-paid/ Good news for current Advantage Tenants -- the City has announced it will pay January rent. 2012-01-19T18:33:56+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/groups-call-on-albany-to-close-corporate-tax-loopholes/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/groups-call-on-albany-to-close-corporate-tax-loopholes/ Progressive groups gathered today to call on Governor Cuomo and the legislature to close corporate tax loopholes that are depriving the State of much-needed revenues. 2012-01-10T19:45:03+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/new-yorkers-open-their-hearts-this-holiday-season/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/new-yorkers-open-their-hearts-this-holiday-season/ The Coalition's toy drive collected over 1,500 toys for homeless kids across the city! 2011-12-23T14:04:13+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/no-room-at-the-inn-the-citys-heartless-shelter-denial-rules/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/no-room-at-the-inn-the-citys-heartless-shelter-denial-rules/ City officials keep trying to spin their proposed new rules that would deny shelter to homeless New Yorkers. But the reality is that the mean-spirited rules would force countless homeless people out onto the streets. 2011-12-20T20:45:10+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/treasurebond-store-partners-with-the-coalition/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/treasurebond-store-partners-with-the-coalition/ Treasure&Bond has an innovative approach to retail: Donate all the profits. 2011-12-20T18:03:39+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/advantage-tenants-december-rent-will-be-paid/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/advantage-tenants-december-rent-will-be-paid/ The City announced it will pay December Advantage rents for current tenants, including any late fees that were incurred. 2011-12-16T14:53:15+00:00 http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/artwalk-ny-raises-over-850000/ http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/blog/entry/artwalk-ny-raises-over-850000/ The 17th annual ARTWALK NY was a huge success raising nearly $1 million for the Coalition's life-saving programs! 2011-12-13T15:37:36+00:00