NYC Council Considers Bill to Probe Why Homeless A Posted on November 29, 2021 by David Brand in City Limits During the first 10 months of 2020, nonprofit providers scheduled nearly 3,000 interviews with supportive housing applicants, 560 of whom were outright rejected. The housing shortage allows providers to “cherry-pick” applicants who require the fewest servi ..Read More
New York can solve homelessness: But we won’t ge Posted on November 9, 2021 by Dave Giffen in New York Daily News As cities throughout the United States are grappling with how to address the growing problem of mass homelessness, many municipalities have been turning a curious eye to New York, where, despite our many challenges, the crisis looks dramatically different than ..Read More
Home is Hope PSA and Statement Posted on November 10, 2021 by Sarah Murphy EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO A HOME Forty years ago, the Coalition for the Homeless secured the legal right to shelter for New Yorkers without homes, creating a baseline of decency in our city. We need now to build on that baseline, because people need home ..Read More
