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Compounding Crisis, Failed Responses
Information and support for asylum seekers or other immigrants who arrived in NYC after March 15, 2022.
We bring hot nutritious meals to those living rough on the streets of the city, every night of the year.
We provide lifesaving services to more than 11,000 homeless and at-risk individuals and families per year.
We give homeless families and single adults the dignity and stability of a home of their own.
We offer homeless and low-income women the training and support they need to find living-wage jobs.
We give homeless kids the help and support they need to keep up with the peers at school.
We advance long-term solutions to the crisis of homelessness and defend the rights of homeless people.
Updates from the Coalition for the Homeless. To see our recent statements, visit our Press Room.
Last May, Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul initiated an attack on New York’s legal right to shelter for single adults based upon two faulty premises: first, that the city needed more flexibility in responding to the influx of thousands of…
On June 28th, the US Supreme Court overturned a critical legal protection for homeless individuals, thus allowing localities to criminalize unhoused people for having no place to sleep at night. In a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court determined that the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment” when…
“If communities don’t want to see people sleeping in public spaces, they need to provide affordable housing for all who need it – and at very minimum, enough decent, safe and accessible temporary shelter beds so that people without homes have a reasonable alternative to bedding down on the streets and in parks…’
It’s June! For many individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, Pride Month is a time for celebrating individualism, self-expression, and identity. But, it is important to remember that for many members of the community, simply being who they are has rendered them precariously housed or…
A new report shows the number of people who are experiencing homelessness and living on New York City streets continues to go up. Advocates say it’s much easier to track the number of homeless New Yorkers in shelters than those on the street.
The city’s annual estimate for its unsheltered homeless population—conducted each winter in an effort to track the number of New Yorkers sleeping on the streets and other public spaces—inched up to a near-record high this year, according to data released Thursday.
An annual count by the city found more than 4,100 people sleeping on streets and in subways. It was the most since the city began keeping track nearly two decades ago.
La ciudad de Nueva York ha intensificado sus esfuerzos el miércoles para reubicar a los migrantes que residen en sus abarrotados albergues. Han comenzado a aplicar una nueva regulación que limita la estadía de algunos solicitantes de asilo adultos a un mes en el sistema, tras lo cual deben buscar alojamiento por sí mismos.
Mayor of New York City Eric Adams is facing negative opinions about his housing and homelessness record, which threatens his overall standing with New Yorkers.
On Thursday, May 16th, the Coalition for the Homeless Junior Board hosted the 2nd annual Summer Soirée which, thanks to the generosity and compassion of our guests, raised over $40,000…
Meet Dorian. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dorian moved to New York when she was 11 and that’s when life really began. After facing many tragic adversities including a violent ex-partner, homelessness and unemployment, Dorian found the Coalition for the Homeless’ First Step Job Training Program and…
