City Increasingly Paying Back Rent to Keep Tenants from Homelessness Posted on November 16, 2017 by Ben Max in Gotham Gazette In the effort to fight a steady, decades-long rise in homelessness, the de Blasio administration has significantly increased the city’s rental assistance programs over the past four years. A variety of programs including vouchers for those seeking to reenter ..Read More
Today’s Read: City Increasingly Paying Back Rent to Keep Tenants from Homelessness Posted on November 16, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With the number of men, women, and children sleeping in shelters each night hovering at near record levels, the City must tackle the homelessness crisis in every way possible. Now more than ever, prevention is a critical tool in the fight against surging homel ..Read More
East Coast Offers Homeless Insights as West Coast Struggles Posted on November 8, 2017 by Geoff Mulvihill in Associated Press It’s before dawn when two outreach workers find a homeless man known as Juice near a train station in Harlem. A nurse will be visiting to discuss his heart problems, they tell him. A short time later, in Marcus Garvey Park, the sun has just begun to rise ..Read More
Tax Plan Would Decimate Affordable Housing in New York, Advocates and City Officials Warn Posted on November 3, 2017 by Sally Goldenberg in Politico New York A Republican-backed proposal to repeal tax-exempt bonds would decimate affordable housing in New York, according to a group of advocates who are mobilizing to block the plan. The GOP tax reform plan, released Thursday, would cost New York $4.5 billion in finan ..Read More
Take Action: Resist Elimination of Key Housing Tools in Tax Plan Posted on November 3, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With more than 61,000 men, women, and children going to sleep in NYC shelters tonight and countless others struggling to pay rents each month, all levels of government must fully support proven, housing solutions to address homelessness. Coalition for the Home ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Staff Will Learn to Use Narcan for Opioid Overdoses Posted on October 31, 2017 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News The city will train homeless shelter staff to use a drug that can reverse potentially deadly opioid overdoses under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday. The legislation requires shelters, which have been racked by drug overdoses, to have at least one emp ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness Posted on October 25, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone New York’s historic homelessness crisis, in which more than 61,000 men, women, and children go to sleep in shelters every night, demands bold solutions. Permanent rent subsidies – along with a significant increase in capital spending on new housing units f ..Read More
De Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness Posted on October 25, 2017 by Jarrett Murphy in CityLimits.org As he cruises toward re-election, Mayor de Blasio’s take on his own record on homelessness is that he has made some wise moves but took too long to understand the breadth of the crisis. Some homeless advocates would render the same verdict, at least when it ..Read More
Thank You to AIG For Continuing To Make A Difference in the Lives of Homeless New Yorkers Posted on October 24, 2017 “AIG is proud to partner with local organizations such as the Coalition for the Homeless to support our fellow New Yorkers and help them on the path to improved quality of life and independence. Whether it is serving meals, packing backpacks with school ..Read More
