New York City Apartments are Getting Even More Crowded Posted on October 6, 2015 by Tanvi Misra in CityLab Apartment overcrowding both stems from and feeds into New York City’s affordable housing crisis, according to a new report by the city comptroller’s office. The report finds an alarming rise in the share of overcrowded housing units from 2005 to 2013. Here ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Residents Say Landlords are Refusing Their City Rent Vouchers Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jessica Schneider in CBS New York The latest battle to get homeless people off the streets has pitted those in shelters against their potential landlords. As CBS2’s Jessica Schneider reported, a city program that literally gives free rent money to the homeless is being scoffed at by apartmen ..Read More
Today’s Read: Report Finds City Schools Have Large Homeless Population Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone A new report from the Independent Budget Office (IBO) describes the challenges – largely invisible – facing a tremendous number of New York City students: Nearly 83,000 public school children lived in temporary housing at some point during the 2013-14 scho ..Read More
Report: City Schools Have Large Homeless, Special Ed Populations Posted on October 6, 2015 by Eliza Shapiro in Politico New York New York City has massive numbers of New York City schoolchildren living in temporary housing, as well as a large and growing special education population, according to an Independent Budget Office report released Tuesday. The large population of high-needs st ..Read More
Paul Bettany Discusses How to Help Homeless New Yorkers Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Many New Yorkers who witness the suffering of our homeless neighbors every day wonder what they can do to help. Actor and director Paul Bettany, a longtime supporter of the Coalition, shares several ways people can get involved in an interview on the Nerdist p ..Read More
New York Must Commit to a Program to Provide Permanent Housing for the Homeless Posted on October 6, 2015 by Dale Zuchlewski in The Buffalo News On Sept. 22, more than 500 people came to the Buffalo Convention Center for the 7th Annual Project Homeless Connect, a day when those experiencing a housing crisis can access more than 130 service providers in one location. During this event, the Homeless Alli ..Read More
NYC Housing is Nearly Three Times as Crowded as National Average: Study Posted on October 5, 2015 by Nicole Levy in DNAinfo Feeling a little cramped in your apartment? You’re not alone. Nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers lived in 272,533 crowded dwellings in 2013, according to a study released Monday by city comptroller Scott Stringer. The New York City Department of Housing Pres ..Read More
Today’s Read: Behind New York’s Right to Shelter Policy Posted on October 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone There has been increased attention lately on the growing number of homeless people bedding down on our city’s streets and subways, but in fact the vast majority of homeless New Yorkers sleep each night in shelters (more than 58,000 last night alone). This is ..Read More
Why is the NYPD’s ‘Warrant Squad’ Still Raiding Homeless Shelters? Posted on October 1, 2015 by John Surico in Vice It happens before dawn. Between the hours of 3 and 5 AM, a small force of officers from the New York Police Department arrive at homeless shelters across the city. According to the people who sleep there, the cops ask the Department of Homeless Services employ ..Read More
