Category: CFTH Blog

Amid record family homelessness and high unemployment, the Bloomberg administration is putting thousands of formerly-homeless families at risk of returning to shelter by cutting them off from rental assistance under the City’s flawed Advantage program. ..Read More

This past month, the number of homeless single adults continued to climb, despite the onset of summer which normally brings a decrease in the number of adults in shelter. At the end of June, the number of homeless single adults was higher than any other time s ..Read More

Yesterday, City officials announced a plan to fix the Section 8 crisis that has been looming over the City for the past several months. The crisis stemmed from deep deficits faced by the New York City Housing Authority, which administers Section 8 vouchers. ..Read More

A new brief by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that the income gap between the richest Americans and the rest of the population has more than tripled in the last 30 years. Not at any other time since 1928 has income been so concentrated at t ..Read More

Please join in our campaign to urge the Bloomberg administration to help the 2,600 needy families whose housing vouchers were revoked by the City six months ago. Mary Brosnahan, the Coaliton’s executive director, sent the following message to our support ..Read More

Back in February, we shared the story of Rosa Bracero, a homeless teen who was forced to miss her English Regent’s exam because her family was applying for shelter after being evicted from their home. The Department of Homeless Services’ inflexibl ..Read More

UPDATE:  To send a letter urging the Bloomberg administration to help the 2,600 at-risk families, please click here. Back in December, the Bloomberg administration broke a promise to provide housing vouchers to 2,600 needy families. Six months later, the May ..Read More

In a major victory for homeless New Yorkers, New York State Legislators reached an agreement with the Mayor and Governor to eliminate rules forcing homeless families to pay “rent” for shelter, and instead to create a new savings plan. Coalition for ..Read More

Yesterday, the Department of Homeless Services held a public hearing on their new proposed guidelines for referring homeless single adults into permanent housing. These new rules are a step forward in preventing the City from referring homeless adults into i ..Read More