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In a lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society 30 years ago, Jiggetts v. Grinker, the state’s highest court ruled that poor families with minor children were entitled to a basic rent subsidy from the state to help keep them from becoming homeless. Eventually ..Read More

Advocates for supportive housing on Friday are releasing a social media ad urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to back $2 billion in funding for supportive housing construction in New York. And they are using Cuomo’s own words from Thursday’s Help USA event with form ..Read More

Much of the discussion over homelessness has centered around what New York City officials are doing. But some lawmakers have also been working on state-level action, including a rental-assistance program to close the gap between existing subsidies and the typi ..Read More

Rosemary Rodriguez is 17, and a recipient of the 2017 Children’s Defense Fund-New York’s “Beat the Odds” college scholarship, which recognizes New York City teens who have overcome adversity in their personal lives. For over two years, Rosemary lived i ..Read More

During the nascent Trump era, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The president’s choice to run the agency, neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate Ben Carson, has been criticized by housing ..Read More

For New Yorkers looking to rally behind a cause—who may also be new to the world of organizing—there is no shortage of local advocacy groups that need your help. These five organizations, like many others doing similar work in New York, support large commu ..Read More

While many New Yorkers stayed home during Tuesday’s snowstorm, others less fortunate needed shelter from the storm. The city dispatched 116 outreach workers as the last blast of winter blew into town, and they connected 60 homeless people stuck on the street ..Read More

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration plans to extend for 60 days a statewide emergency regulation that requires the homeless be sheltered when it’s 32 degrees or colder outside. The extension will be filed Wednesday, the day the original emergency regulation ..Read More

Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a major speech on homelessness on Tuesday, promoting a plan he calls “Turning the Tide.” This was interesting because, as we know, not even kings can turn tides. If he had called it “Lowering Expectations” or “Treading Water ..Read More