Category: CFTH Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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