Today’s Read: A Minimum-Wage Worker Can’t Afford a 2-Bedroom Apartment Anywhere in the U.S. Posted on June 14, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The persistent housing affordability crisis is the underlying driver of record homelessness. As rents continue to rise across the city, more and more New Yorkers are struggling to keep up. Many are one missed paycheck away from homelessness, and an estimated o ..Read More
CAG Travels to Albany with the Poor People’s Campaign Posted on June 12, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, 11 members of the Coalition’s Client Advisory Group (CAG) and Advocacy staff traveled to Albany to amplify the message that housing is a human right. CAG members are current or former homeless shelter residents who meet weekly at the Coalition’s ..Read More
First Step Graduates Shine at This Year’s Women Mean Business Luncheon! Posted on April 30, 2018 by Anya Tudisco On April 19th, nearly 350 business and community leaders gathered at the Plaza Hotel for the 24th Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon, raising more than $265,000 for the Coalition’s First Step Job Training Program. Dulcé Sloan, comedian and correspondent on ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates Call for More Homeless Housing Units in de Blasio’s Housing Plan Posted on April 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, the Coalition for the Homeless and a group of 43 organizations sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio calling on him to dedicate 30,000 units of his Housing New York 2.0 plan to homeless New Yorkers, or 10 percent of the total 300,000-unit plan. Currently ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on the NYC 15/15 Supportive Housing Initiative Posted on April 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Tuesday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare on the NYC 15/15 supportive housing initiative and related topics. Supportive housing is permanent affordable ..Read More
Today’s Read: Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget Posted on April 3, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The State’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget, which was finalized late last week, includes various housing initiatives, such as a pilot rent subsidy program and continued funding for supportive housing. Buried in the budget bills, however, is language that could impo ..Read More
Today’s Read: Population at City Homeless Shelters Hits Record High Posted on March 15, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, the Coalition for the Homeless released our 2018 State of the Homeless report, Fate of a Generation: How the City and State Can Tackle Homelessness by Bringing Housing Investment to Scale. The annual report offers a comprehensive analysis of record ..Read More
Today’s Listen: Podcast on Shelter Numbers, de Blasio’s Agenda, Cuomo’s Record Posted on March 6, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Coalition for the Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier visited the Max & Murphy podcast with City Limits and Gotham Gazette for a wide-ranging conversation on the policies needed to effectively combat record homelessness: “It’s ok to sa ..Read More
Today’s Read: A ‘Bright Light,’ Dimmed in the Shadows of Homelessness Posted on March 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone In addition to the record number of homeless New Yorkers in shelters, thousands more sleep each night on the streets, in subways, and in parks. Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times wrote a vivid and heartbreaking profile of Nakesha Williams, one of these New ..Read More
