How Homelessness Has Worsened in the City Posted on April 16, 2017 by Cheryl Wills in NY1 Giselle Routhier from the Coalition for the Homeless and George Nashak from HELP USA talk about why the City’s homeless problem has worsened over the years. ..Read More
Today’s Read: Thousands of Working New Yorkers Are Living in Homeless Shelters Posted on April 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone The primary driver of record homelessness is the worsening citywide housing affordability crisis. In every borough, skyrocketing rents and stagnant incomes have left more and more New Yorkers on the brink of homelessness: As of 2014, one-third of all NYC rente ..Read More
Supportive Housing Solves Homelessness, Improves Neighborhoods, Saves Tax Dollars Posted on April 12, 2017 by Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy Today we celebrate a great advocacy victory with this weekend’s adoption of the 2017 New York State Budget: The release of $1 billion for the development of the first 6,000 of 20,000 supportive housing units for homeless New Yorkers as promised by Gov. Andre ..Read More
Shelter Rules Hurt the Homeless Posted on April 12, 2017 by Giselle Routhier in New York Daily News Locking the shelter door is no solution to the homeless crisis (“Shelter for the needy,” editorial, April 7). New restrictions for homeless families desperately seeking shelter are not merely weeding out the less needy, they are making the lives of homeles ..Read More
Thousands of Working New Yorkers Are Living in Homeless Shelters Posted on April 10, 2017 by Mara Gay in The Wall Street Journal Donna Morgan is dreaming about shrimp and okra, deviled eggs with onions, and porgy. It has been a long day at work, and the 51-year-old Manhattan health aide is yearning for the taste of home. Instead, she likely will pick up some fast food and return to the ..Read More
Shelly Nortz on Housing and Homelessness Posted on April 11, 2017 by Alyssa Plock Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy with the Coalition for the Homeless, takes a victory lap for homelessness support and supportive housing in the budget. ..Read More
A Journey From Real ‘World’ to Homeless Shelter — and College Posted on April 7, 2017 by Elizabeth A. Harris in The New York Times Preston Roberson-Charles is studying economics at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens. Well spoken and charming, he wears gray Warby Parker glasses and keeps his jeans fashionably rolled at the ankle. Not exactly the stereotype of a homeles ..Read More
Missing the Mark and Reviving Old Myths Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone In a woefully misguided editorial today, the New York Daily News applauds the de Blasio administration for changing shelter intake procedures to dramatically reduce the percentage of families found eligible for shelter – as if turning away families in need i ..Read More
Housing and Homelessness Posted on April 4, 2017 by Alyssa Plock in WCNY Today, the Warren M. Anderson Breakfast series, which is put on by the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, looked at homelessness and housing issues in the state. Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy with the Coalition for the Homeless, a ..Read More
