Bloomberg Policy Blamed for Families in Shelters Posted on April 22, 2009 by admin in The New York Times An overview of the Coalition's State of the Homeless 2009 report, which critiques the Bloomberg administration's decision to cut off homeless families from a longstanding priority for Federal housing assistance. ..Read More
Hope for the Homeless? Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin in The Nation An article co-written by the Coalition's Senior Policy Analyst, Patrick Markee, describing the impact of the economic recession on homelessness in the United States and outlining policies that the Obama administration and Congress can adopt to reduce homelessn ..Read More
Historic Settlement in Family Litigation Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin Mary Brosnahan, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, released the following statement in response to the announced agreement between the Bloomberg administration and Legal Aid on the McCain litigation governing intake and conditions for homele ..Read More
A Night on the Streets Posted on March 16, 2008 by admin in New York Magazine An overview of Mayor Bloomberg's record on homelessness, which finds that "[h]omelessness is the single biggest failure of the Bloomberg administration." and which profiles six homeless New Yorkers sleeping on city streets. ..Read More
Warehousing the Homeless: The Rising Use of Illeg Posted on January 20, 2008 by admin A new research study released by Coalition for the Homeless finds that the Bloomberg administration has placed hundreds of homeless individuals - many of them living with mental illness and other disabilities - into dozens of illegal boarding houses... ..Read More
Homeless Families at Risk: Hazardous Conditions in Posted on February 1, 2007 by admin Press Release A research study by Coalition for the Homeless finds that over the past two years, thousands of homeless families have been placed into apartment buildings with hazardous conditions as a result of lax standards and weak inspection rules in the Ne ..Read More
To Be Young and Homeless Posted on March 24, 2002 by admin in The New York Times A comprehensive and moving portrait of homeless children and families in New York City, as they navigate bureaucratic obstacles and harsh treatment in the early months of the Bloomberg administration. ..Read More
Waiting for a Final Resting Place; Friends Seek Pr Posted on June 11, 1999 by admin in The New York Times After the unfortunate death of one of the tunnel dwellers so infamously depicted in the movie Dark Days, this article explains how the Coalition successfully used Federal housing subsidies to relocate dozens of these men and women into permanent housing. ..Read More
