Today’s Read: This Program Could Boost the Fight Against Homelessness Posted on March 8, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone As Albany legislators negotiate the 2019-2020 State budget, more elected officials and concerned New Yorkers across the state are calling for the budget to include a rent subsidy called Home Stability Support (HSS). This proposal, initially introduced by Assem ..Read More
Today’s Read: Bipartisan Group of Elected Officials Calls for New Program to Fight Homelessness Posted on February 4, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone With record homelessness across the state, elected officials from both parties are renewing the push for a statewide rent subsidy called Home Stability Support. HSS would bridge the difference between the public assistance shelter allowance and actual rents fo ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on NYS Executive Budget 2019 Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, Coalition for the Homeless submitted testimony to the Fiscal Committees of the New York State Legislature on the NYS Executive Budget 2019. Although there are some positive developments in the recently released Executive Budget, Governor Cuomo has c ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Affordable Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings in support of Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr.’s Intro. 1211, which would require developers who re ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Demand ‘Home Stability Support’ to Stem Crisis Posted on January 13, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Daily Eagle A large coalition of community organizations and homeless advocates have renewed a push to enact Home Stability Support (HSS), a rent supplement for low-income New Yorkers at risk of being evicted or otherwise becoming homeless. The HSS bill, first introduced ..Read More
de Blasio Gives Little Mention to Several Major Challenges in State of the City Speech Posted on January 11, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette As Mayor Bill de Blasio touted significant accomplishments of his five years in office and laid out a new agenda for expanding his fight against inequality during his Thursday State of the City speech, he made little or no mention of a number of important chal ..Read More
Hevesi Renews Push for Home Stability Support in Letter to Cuomo Posted on January 9, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Daily Eagle The crisis is evident in subway cars, ATM kiosks and even Queens courthouses. In communities across the city and state, thousands of homeless New Yorkers seek warm, and relatively safe, places to sleep. But the street homeless are just a sliver of the 250,000 ..Read More
14 Percent of the Nation’s Homeless Population Are in New York City Posted on December 19, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Metro The number of people experiencing homelessness in New York City has been growing, according to an annual report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report for 2018, released this week, found that ..Read More
Today’s Read: Number of Homeless People in New York State Continues to Grow Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Across the United States, 552,830 people were homeless on a single night in 2018, showing the strong economy has not fully addressed the persistent lack of affordable housing. A striking 17 percent of those homeless Americans, or 91,897 people, were in New Yor ..Read More
