Landlords Fined $33K by City After Rejecting Tenant With Housing Voucher Posted on April 5, 2017 by Noah Hurowitz in DNAinfo A Brooklyn management company was fined $33,000 by the City Commission on Human Rights after leaving a 74-year-old woman homeless for two months by illegally rejecting her housing voucher, according to court documents. The commission last week fined the landlo ..Read More
Coalition Renews Client Advisory Group Organizing Posted on April 4, 2017 by Anna Hadfield Last month, the Coalition renewed our organizing work with homeless shelter residents with an expanded Client Advisory Group (CAG). For two decades CAG has empowered homeless New Yorkers in shelters to effectively advocate for themselves and others. Every two ..Read More
With Federal Budget Cuts Looming, Cuomo Must Step Up to Fund Housing Posted on March 31, 2017 by Judi Kende and Rachel Fee in Slant Gov. Andrew Cuomo called President Trump’s 2018 budget outline “dangerous, reckless, and insulting to New York values.” In particular, the governor highlighted the disastrous impact the proposed budget cuts would have on affordable housing and community ..Read More