Today’s Read: California Officials Look to New York ‘Right to Shelter’ Policy Posted on July 22, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City’s right to shelter is a critical, life-saving emergency resource. Thanks to this right, which was established through litigation brought by the Coalition’s founders, 61,129 men, women, and children were able to sleep in shelters last night in ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York City Homeless Shelters Get Warm Welcome Posted on July 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone While Coalition for the Homeless diligently advocates for permanent housing solutions that can address the root causes of homelessness, we also acknowledge that shelters serve a vital emergency need. New York City’s right to shelter ensures that we do not ha ..Read More
Today’s Read: Grim New Report Shows Rent Is Unaffordable in Every State Posted on June 18, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone The lack of truly affordable housing has long fueled record homelessness in our city: Nearly 62,000 New Yorkers, including 22,000 children, bed down in shelters each night. Communities across the country are similarly feeling the impact of the affordable housi ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on New York City Fiscal Year 2020 Executive Budget Posted on May 28, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Thursday, May 23, Coalition for the Homeless submitted testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Finance and Subcommittee on Capital Budget on the NYC Fiscal Year 2020 Executive Budget. As the Coalition’s recent State of the Homeless 2019 report ..Read More
Today’s Listen: Counting the Homeless Posted on May 20, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone With more than 63,000 New Yorkers sleeping in shelters each night, record homelessness carries a significant human and financial cost. As the Coalition’s State of the Homeless 2019 report noted, “The number of people in shelters each night is big enough to ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Three-Quarter Housing Posted on May 3, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, April 29, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare and Committee on Housing and Buildings regarding three-quarter houses. Three-quarter houses are typ ..Read More
Today’s Read: Most Brooklynites Support Shelters in Their Neighborhoods Posted on April 24, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Tonight, 63,615 men, women, and children will sleep in New York City shelters, and thousands more will bed down on the streets. A new survey conducted by Win and HarrisX indicates that New Yorkers recognize the severity of this crisis and agree that we must do ..Read More
Friends and Supporters of First Step Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Women Mean Business Luncheon Posted on April 19, 2019 by Nicole Edine On Friday, April 12th, nearly 450 business and community leaders joined First Step graduates, staff, and supporters past and present to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women Mean Business Luncheon. This year’s special celebration raised nearly $450,000 ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio May Require More Homeless Housing Posted on April 16, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone More than a year ago, Coalition for the Homeless launched a campaign to call on Mayor de Blasio to increase the number of apartments set aside for homeless New Yorkers in his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan to 30,000, with 24,000 of these units to be cr ..Read More
