State of the Homeless 2025

Nowhere to Go

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Coalition for the Homeless Releases 2025 State of the Homeless Report: ‘Nowhere to Go’

Number of New Yorkers in Shelters Quietly Grew by 11.5% in 2024, as Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul Continue Failing to Focus on Proven Solutions…

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As New Yorkers face a critical shortage of affordable homes, city lawmakers are asking why thousands of public housing apartments are vacant — and why they are taking well over a year to fill on average.

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‘Appalling’: NYCHA has over 8K vacant apartments as New Yorkers face housing crunch

The lack of affordable apartments in New York City is driving more New Yorkers into homeless shelters, according to a new report.

The Coalition for the Homeless, a nonprofit advocacy group, released an annual report Thursday finding the number of asylum-seekers in the city’s care plummeted last year, but the number of non-migrant residents in shelters rose nearly 12%…

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‘Nowhere to go’: More New Yorkers are entering city homeless shelters, report says

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As mayoral candidates develop their platforms for the upcoming election, experts are urging all candidates to make ending homelessness a central campaign issue and to adopt the plan’s recommendations.

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Homelessness Experts Release Comprehensive Plan for the Next Mayor to End Mass Homelessness in NYC

“Instead of providing proven systems of support to pregnant people experiencing homelessness, the city is choosing to delay help through an unnecessary study, failing to deliver what it already knows works.”

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Opinion: City Study on Pregnant People in Shelter Raises Serious Concerns

Dozens of New York City shelters for homeless adults don’t provide Wi-Fi access in their buildings, making it hard for residents to find work and housing, and stay in touch with friends and family, a new report shows…

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Many NYC homeless shelter residents can’t access Wi-Fi. 2 new bills hope to change that.

The Adams administration says it’s working to reduce the number of babies born in New York City shelters — a number that reached an estimated 2,000 births between July 2023 and June 2024.

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Mayor Adams wants fewer NYC babies born in shelters. Advocates are skeptical of his plan.

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As reports circulate that the Governor and the Legislature have agreed to expand involuntary commitment, a wide-ranging coalition…call for investment in proven solutions.

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Coalition condemns expansion of forced psychiatric commitment; renews calls for investments in mental health and social services

This month, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature took one of the most significant policy steps of the year when they ratified the 2025 state budget, allocating $254 billion of state funding and mixing in a few controversial…

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Talking budget: Involuntary commitment

Marisol Casilla, First Step graduate from class 119, sharing her journey to career success across 11 years, with her sisterhood of First Steppers by her side along the way.

 

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Marisol Casilla | Embodying what it means to be a First Stepper