Today’s Read: Expansion of Federal Rental Assistance Would Bring Significant Drop in Poverty, Homelessness Posted on September 27, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone For decades, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program has proven to be one of the most effective solutions to homelessness and housing instability, by subsidizing rents for low-income Americans. However, despite ample research on the program’s effectiven ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Homeless Students Posted on April 20, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone On Friday, April 16th, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committees on Education and General Welfare regarding youth sleeping in shelters and their access to education and related serv ..Read More
Today’s Read: Housing Vouchers for Homeless People Routinely Denied by Landlords Posted on February 1, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Housing subsidies are a proven tool critical in addressing homelessness. Helping people bridge the difference between their incomes and rents is more compassionate and cost-effective than leaving them to languish in shelters for years. Recognizing this, Mayor ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Testifies on the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Homeless People in New York City Posted on May 22, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone As the new coronavirus (the pathogen that causes COVID-19) began to spread across New York City, it soon became clear that the legacy of systemic oppression and inequality had placed some New Yorkers at far greater risk of contracting and succumbing to the vir ..Read More
Today’s Read: Beneath the Sickened City Posted on April 22, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone For more than a month, Mayor de Blasio and other officials have urged New York City residents to stay home. But even before the rapid economic fallout from the pandemic, record numbers of New Yorkers were already without homes. In addition to the more than 62, ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless and Allies Call for Federal Government to Fund Rental Assistance Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City has been fully in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic for a month, which has magnified the longstanding holes in our social safety net. Long before COVID-19’s arrival, New York City was already in the midst of a historic homelessness crisis †..Read More
As New York Battles Coronavirus, the Homeless Crisis Rages On, Too Posted on March 26, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork Year after year, we have seen the homelessness crisis reach record highs. One need not analyze the statistics to notice — every New Yorker sees it with their own eyes. More than 250,000 New Yorkers were homeless at some point in the 2018-2019 school year. Wh ..Read More
Today’s Read: MTA Police to Take Action Against Homeless People on the Subway Posted on August 16, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Although the vast majority of homeless New Yorkers sleep in shelters, those who sleep on the streets and the subways are often the most visible manifestation of the city’s record homelessness crisis. This summer, there has been a flurry of news about the pre ..Read More
Today’s Read: Lawsuit: Landlords Are Illegally Locking Out Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers Posted on August 9, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Soon after Mayor de Blasio took office, he launched a series of City-funded rent subsidies to enable homeless New Yorkers to move out of shelters and into permanent housing. The subsidy programs, now largely consolidated under the name CityFHEPS, have helped m ..Read More
