Category: CFTH Blog

As the city’s housing affordability crisis worsens and gentrification sweeps into more neighborhoods, a growing number of New Yorkers are facing eviction – and homelessness. An estimated 90 percent of these tenants have to navigate the intimidating maze of ..Read More

The New York Times’ recent profile of the Commissioner of the Human Resources Administration – and longtime homeless advocate – Steve Banks and his crusade to end homelessness in NYC. Banks, the former Attorney-in-Chief of the Legal Aid Society, spent ..Read More

Last year, the de Blasio administration took a significant step forward in addressing record homelessness by implementing the Living in Communities (LINC) rental assistance programs. Thousands of New Yorkers have successfully moved out of shelters and into per ..Read More

A new report from the Independent Budget Office (IBO) describes the challenges – largely invisible – facing a tremendous number of New York City students: Nearly 83,000 public school children lived in temporary housing at some point during the 2013-14 scho ..Read More

Many New Yorkers who witness the suffering of our homeless neighbors every day wonder what they can do to help. Actor and director Paul Bettany, a longtime supporter of the Coalition, shares several ways people can get involved in an interview on the Nerdist p ..Read More

There has been increased attention lately on the growing number of homeless people bedding down on our city’s streets and subways, but in fact the vast majority of homeless New Yorkers sleep each night in shelters (more than 58,000 last night alone). This is ..Read More

The most powerful tool in the fight against homelessness is prevention – saving people from the trauma in the first place. Given how devastating it is to lose one’s home and the exorbitant cost of shelters – $38,000 per year for families – eviction pre ..Read More

With shelters at or near capacity and thousands of New Yorkers still sleeping on the streets, it’s clear that something is not working in our city. One of the root causes of mass homelessness is the skyrocketing cost of housing. Even people who work full-tim ..Read More