Mayor de Blasio, Wake Up and Build a Solution to Homelessness Posted on November 24, 2017 by Giselle Routhier in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio won re-election handily, promising in his victory speech to make New York City the fairest city in America. It’s a bold vision — one he’s soon going to make a trip to Iowa to try to sell on the national stage. But with 62,000 homeless New ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on HPD’s Coordination with DHS/HRA to Address the Homelessness Crisis Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone It is no surprise that the affordable housing crisis continues to fuel record homelessness in New York City. While Mayor de Blasio has made important investments in homelessness prevention, including vastly increased legal services and rent arrears grants, he ..Read More
Today’s Read: What the Tax Reform Bill Means for Housing Posted on November 20, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Tax reform has been the center of attention this month, with the House voting last Thursday to pass The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1), which would dramatically change the tax code. Although the impact the bill will have on income taxes has been widely debated, ..Read More
City Increasingly Paying Back Rent to Keep Tenants from Homelessness Posted on November 16, 2017 by Ben Max in Gotham Gazette In the effort to fight a steady, decades-long rise in homelessness, the de Blasio administration has significantly increased the city’s rental assistance programs over the past four years. A variety of programs including vouchers for those seeking to reenter ..Read More
Today’s Read: City Increasingly Paying Back Rent to Keep Tenants from Homelessness Posted on November 16, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With the number of men, women, and children sleeping in shelters each night hovering at near record levels, the City must tackle the homelessness crisis in every way possible. Now more than ever, prevention is a critical tool in the fight against surging homel ..Read More
East Coast Offers Homeless Insights as West Coast Struggles Posted on November 8, 2017 by Geoff Mulvihill in Associated Press It’s before dawn when two outreach workers find a homeless man known as Juice near a train station in Harlem. A nurse will be visiting to discuss his heart problems, they tell him. A short time later, in Marcus Garvey Park, the sun has just begun to rise ..Read More
Tax Plan Would Decimate Affordable Housing in New York, Advocates and City Officials Warn Posted on November 3, 2017 by Sally Goldenberg in Politico New York A Republican-backed proposal to repeal tax-exempt bonds would decimate affordable housing in New York, according to a group of advocates who are mobilizing to block the plan. The GOP tax reform plan, released Thursday, would cost New York $4.5 billion in finan ..Read More
Take Action: Resist Elimination of Key Housing Tools in Tax Plan Posted on November 3, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With more than 61,000 men, women, and children going to sleep in NYC shelters tonight and countless others struggling to pay rents each month, all levels of government must fully support proven, housing solutions to address homelessness. Coalition for the Home ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Staff Will Learn to Use Narcan for Opioid Overdoses Posted on October 31, 2017 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News The city will train homeless shelter staff to use a drug that can reverse potentially deadly opioid overdoses under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday. The legislation requires shelters, which have been racked by drug overdoses, to have at least one emp ..Read More