Homeless Numbers Up In De Blasio’s First Year Posted on December 29, 2014 by Mirela Iverac in WNYC News New Yorkers have been pouring into the city’s homeless shelters throughout 2014, bringing the number of homeless people to a new record high: 58,913. ..Read More
Thank You For Bringing Holiday Cheer! Posted on December 24, 2014 On Saturday, December 13th more than 125 girls and boys from nine different New York City homeless shelters joined the Coalition for the Homeless for our annual Holiday Carnival. The children were greeted with activities, treats and gift bags full of small toy ..Read More
Mobile Office: The Bag of Tools to Help the Homeless Posted on December 23, 2014 by Sarah Nassauer in The Wall Street Journal Several nights a week Juan De La Cruz travels the city to help feed New York’s homeless. ..Read More
Trust Fund Windfall Should Boost Supportive Housing Posted on December 19, 2014 by Rachel Fee in City Limits Based on current trends, we may be only weeks away from reaching a homeless population of 60,000 in New York City. It would be a terrible way to ring in the New Year. ..Read More
Supportive Housing Helps Solve Homelessness Posted on December 22, 2014 by Frederick Shack in Gotham Gazette Since the City and State entered into their first supportive housing agreement nearly 25 years ago, supportive housing – a combination of affordable housing with support services – has helped New Yorkers who face the most complex challenges live more s ..Read More
Guest Post: Paul Bettany Posted on December 22, 2014 I first began working with the Coalition for the Homeless in 2012 because I needed help. I was writing a screenplay about a homeless couple who fall in love on the streets of NYC. It was inspired by a real couple who lived outside my apartment in TriBeCa ̵ ..Read More
Public Housing Key to Reducing Homelessness Posted on December 19, 2014 by Stephen Levin and Ritchie Torres in City and State Of all the problems Mayor Bill de Blasio inherited, perhaps none is as deep, or as tragic, as New York City’s record and still-rising homeless population. ..Read More
Homeless Kids’ Letters To Santa Remind Us Not Everyone Will Have A Happy Holiday (How To Help) Posted on December 15, 2014 by Robbie Couch in The Huffington Post Not every child will wake up on Dec. 25 to a mound of presents under the Christmas tree. Some won’t even wake up with a permanent roof over their head. ..Read More
A feeling of guilt inspired Paul Bettany’s Shelter Posted on December 13, 2014 by Rob Garratt in The National Every day the British actor passed a homeless couple outside his New York apartment block, often stopping to spare some change. And then one day, they were gone. ..Read More
