Rights Under Attack, Leadership in Retreat
Information and support for asylum seekers or other immigrants who arrived in NYC after March 15, 2022
Premiere live and silent auction benefiting Coalition for the Homeless.
We bring hot nutritious meals to those living rough on the streets of the city, every night of the year.
We provide lifesaving services to more than 11,000 homeless and at-risk individuals and families per year.
We give homeless families and single adults the dignity and stability of a home of their own.
We offer homeless and low-income women the training and support they need to find living-wage jobs.
We give homeless kids the help and support they need to keep up with the peers at school.
We advance long-term solutions to the crisis of homelessness and defend the rights of homeless people.
Updates from the Coalition for the Homeless. To see our recent statements, visit our Press Room.
Camp Homeward Bound, now in its 40th year, will welcome about 360 children who are living in shelters or were formerly homeless to its annual summer camp about 45 miles north of the city. There, kids between 7 and 15 years old spend about two weeks swimming, biking, cooking, dancing and playing.
Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director David Giffen issued the following statement on Mayor Adams’ recent announcement of new “co-response” operation focused on serving homeless New Yorkers on the subway.
As New Yorkers, we embrace the diversity and rich cultural contributions of our Hispanic and Latinx neighbors, whose presence and influence in our community have shaped the city we live in today…
This week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society, in partnership with Trinity Church NYC and F.Y. Eye, unveiled the Housing is the Solution ad campaign, a series of advertisements across New York City that highlight the lack of affordable housing as the reason for mass homelessness…
Today, Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director David Giffen issued the following statement on Mayor Adams’ recent release that applauses the record-breaking data permanent housing placements for homeless New Yorkers…
This summer, thanks to the incredibly generous support from donors across our city and state, the Coalition for the Homeless’ annual Project: Back to School drive was an outstanding success. Because so many New Yorkers stepped up to show how much they care about the thousands of children living in shelters…
In August, the Coalition for the Homeless welcomed our Client Advisory Group (CAG) back to our Fulton Street headquarters for a special in-person meeting with the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE). CAG is a peer support space for currently and formerly homeless community members.
More than 64,000 migrants live in New York City-funded shelters, but like other cities where new arrivals have been bused from the southern border, the Big Apple has started clearing tent encampments to get asylum-seekers off the streets and moving toward more permanent housing.
Dave Giffen, the Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless talks about their Project: Back to School campaign.
Dozens of migrants have been sleeping outdoors near a large shelter complex on Randall’s Island. On Monday, the city forced them to pack up their tents and move.
