Today’s Read: Shelter for Disabled Comes Up Short Posted on September 19, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone The dwindling supply of affordable and supportive housing has pushed near-record numbers of New Yorkers into homelessness. The increase in homelessness and subsequent strain on the shelter system have been acutely felt by homeless people with disabilities, who ..Read More
Today’s Read: More New Yorkers Facing Eviction are Getting Lawyers Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone The key to turning the tide and reducing the shelter census is to prevent homelessness before it begins. However, more than half of New York City residents grapple with unaffordable rents, meaning that a dangerously high number of households are one missed pay ..Read More
Today’s Read: Swapping Shelters for Rent Subsidies Posted on September 13, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone Decades of research have shown that housing is the solution to homelessness, but the City and State have struggled to move people out of shelters and keep them stably housed. The rapidly dwindling supply of affordable housing has resulted in near-record number ..Read More
Thanks for Another Successful Project: Back to School Posted on September 8, 2016 by Nicole Edine For the past month, the Coalition’s offices have been overflowing with backpacks, pencils, rulers, crayons and more – thanks to the many generous supporters of our annual school supply drive for homeless kids, Project: Back to School. The need could not be ..Read More
Today’s Read: Long Nights With Little Sleep for Homeless Families Seeking Shelter Posted on August 29, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone A new policy brief by the Coalition highlights the current homelessness crisis for single adults, but the situation is similarly dire for the homeless families that make up more than three-quarters of the shelter population. As more New Yorkers grapple with th ..Read More
Today’s Read: How Do Rent-Burdened New Yorkers Cope? Posted on August 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone The worsening housing affordability crisis throughout New York City is a direct driver of near-record homelessness. Incomes have stagnated as rents continue to soar, leaving more and more people with massive rent burdens. If they fall behind and are evicted, i ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates Fume as State Housing Plan Delayed Until 2017 Posted on August 15, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone While thousands of New Yorkers endure dangerously high temperatures on the city’s scorching streets and in crowded shelters, politicians in Albany are needlessly delaying the development of housing that could rescue them from the indignity and perils of home ..Read More
Today’s Read: Number of Homeless Single Adults in NYC Rose 95 Percent in a Decade Posted on August 2, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone After decades of failed policies that fueled an unprecedented surge in the City’s shelter census, the number of men, women and children bedding down in homeless shelters remains stubbornly stuck around 60,000. The recent levelling off is largely the result o ..Read More
Today’s Read: Cuomo Must Keep His Promise to the Homeless Posted on July 29, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone An extensive body of research clearly proves the efficacy of supportive housing in ending homelessness and saving taxpayer dollars. What isn’t clear is why Gov. Cuomo continues to impede the development of desperately needed new supportive units by letti ..Read More
