Everyone Deserves a Home

New York City Mayoral Election 2025 | Virtual Voter Training

https://youtu.be/NDkDGC6vv8M

May 29, 2025

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

https://youtu.be/FKwyjtiZ91o 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....

April 7, 2025

Melissa Whetstone’s Story | 2025 First Step Graduate Speaker

https://youtu.be/YJQ3Nby_ooc?feature=shared At the 2025 Women Mean Business Luncheon, First Step graduate speaker, Melissa Whetstone, found her path, her voice and her courage amongst some of the toughest challenges anyone one...

April 7, 2025

Maya Wiley | 2025 Women Mean Business Luncheon Keynote Address

https://youtu.be/gHePTTRQ0ls?feature=shared Maya Wiley, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, discusses what it means to have hope, to be angry, and how that anger is...

April 7, 2025
A series of black and white images with a diverse group of people, children, men, women, siblings, protesters. Text reads "Every single day, the Coaition helps more than 3,500 people in need. There are some of their stories".

Everyone Deserves a Home

https://youtu.be/L_Rdqq2B7zU?feature=shared The Coalition for the Homeless exists to serves the underserved. Since 1981, the Coalition has provided a way off the streets for over 1 million homeless New Yorkers. And...

February 24, 2025

PSA: Save the Right to Shelter

https://youtu.be/z67UBEGcE0I A PSA from the Coalition for the Homeless about protecting the legal Right to Shelter in New York. Learn More

December 12, 2023
A screenshot of a video where five young people are speaking to the camera in unison. The setting is on a lake's edge surrounded by trees.

Camp Homeward Bound

https://youtu.be/wcje9QfRepU?feature=shared Each summer, Camp Homeward Bound provides three 16-day sleep-away sessions at Harriman State Park for hundreds of children. Our sleep-away camp provides a safe haven away from the harsh...

December 12, 2023

Melissalee

https://youtu.be/-m3rXzj7vSc The Coalition’s First Step graduate Melissalee has overcome so many obstacles to get to the point that she is today. After attending our job training program, she found a...

December 1, 2023

Paulette

https://youtu.be/GxMR1yNmmPg Watch First Step graduate Paulette share her story of the emotional devastation of going in and out of shelters with her husband and her three daughters, and the tragedies...

May 4, 2022
Woman playing with a young toddler on a bed.

Monica

https://youtu.be/AQAskUSJFLg Watch the story of Monica, who has shown amazing resilience, despite the many challenges life has thrown her way. First Step helped Monica find a full-time job, safe housing,...

April 12, 2022
A screenshot of a woman sitting in front of a virtual background that is the Coalition for the Homeless' food van

September 23rd COVID-19 Virtual Memorial

On September 23rd, several New York City faith leaders and homeless advocacy and services groups held the third virtual memorial service to honor the many homeless and formerly homeless New...

September 25, 2020
A woman stands in front of the Harmonia shelter. A tag reading "Deborah" is to her upper left and on the bottom the caption reads: "It felt like they were throwing us on in the street."

Harmonia Residents

https://youtu.be/C1n6TDqzOcs Meanwhile, a vocal group of neighbors on the Upper West Side objected to the use of nearby hotels to shelter people experiencing homelessness, even in the midst of a...

September 24, 2020