Homelessness Rises Slightly Despite Strong Economy, Federal Report Finds Posted on December 17, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Despite the booming economy, homelessness in the United States rose slightly for the second year in a row, with spikes in high-rent cities like New York and Seattle, according to an annual report released on Monday by the Department of Housing and Urban Develo ..Read More
5 Things People Get Wrong About Homelessness Posted on December 15, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in HuffPost Homelessness affects hundreds of thousands of Americans on any given day, and yet many people still perpetuate wrong and at times harmful stereotypes about those struggling to access housing. Last year, more than 500,000 people were homeless across the country ..Read More
When Days Aren’t So Sunny: Sesame Street Takes on Homelessness Posted on December 12, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Lily, a fuchsia Muppet with a mop of hair, green eyelids and a lavender nose, debuted on “Sesame Street” seven years ago. She was shy and soft-spoken. Her family, she explained to Elmo, did not have enough to eat. At the time, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofi ..Read More
Setting the Record Straight: Mayor de Blasio’s Housing Plan Can and Should Do More for the Homeless Posted on December 11, 2018 by Nicole Edine in Gotham Gazette Mayor de Blasio has been under constant fire for offering homeless New Yorkers access to just 5 percent of the units created and preserved by his 12-year, 300,000-unit affordable housing plan, even as homelessness has reached a new all-time record high. He has ..Read More
Toy Drive Brightens the Holidays for Homeless Children Posted on December 8, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters are busy sorting donated toys. Toys that are destined for children living in homeless shelters around the city. Nearly 64,000 New Yorkers are in shelters right now, 23,000 are kids. “All of those famil ..Read More
Homeless Coalition Honors Welcoming Neighbors Posted on December 9, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Riverdale Press The leaders behind Welcoming Neighbors Northwest Bronx will tell you that doing something special for those looking to get back on their feet is all the thanks they need. At the same time, however, they’re not going to say no to recognition, like the honor r ..Read More
Program Wins Award for Setting Example in Community Posted on December 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in News12 A Bronx program is empowering children who live in a shelter to succeed and become better people. Organizers call Broadway Family Plaza Transitional Housing a means to get families ready for a permanent home. A program created by Working Families called “ ..Read More
City Hall Refuses to Reveal Data on Actual Number of Homeless Placed in City-Funded Housing: Lawsuit Posted on December 6, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News City Hall is refusing to come clean about the number of homeless they’ve actually moved out of shelters and into city-financed permanent housing, a homeless support group is charging. The Coalition for the Homeless filed a lawsuit Friday after the agencies M ..Read More
De Blasio to Convert Nearly 500 NYC ‘Cluster Site’ Homeless Apartments to Affordable Housing Posted on December 4, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News With the exploding number of homeless still hovering at record levels, Mayor de Blasio will announce Tuesday a nearly-done deal to convert 468 shelter apartments into permanent, affordable apartments for the homeless. Known as “cluster-site” apartments, th ..Read More
