2017 - Page 2 of 27 - Coalition For The Homeless

ARTWALK NY Honors Louise Fishman and Vincent and Shelly Fremont and Raises $850,000 for Coalition Programs and Services

Posted on December 12, 2017

On November 29th, the Coalition held its 23rd annual ARTWALK NY gala at the beautiful Spring Studios in TriBeCa. The event was attended by 750 supporters, artists, activists and friends who came to help raise funds for the Coalition programs that help thousand ..Read More

Today’s Read: de Blasio Seeks to Turn Homeless Cluster Sites Into Affordable Housing

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone

For the past 17 years, the City has tried to address the chronic lack of capacity in the shelter system by placing thousands of homeless families in cluster site shelters – paying private landlords exorbitant rates to shelter men, women, and children in ofte ..Read More

De Blasio Seeks to Turn Homeless ‘Cluster Sites’ Into Affordable Housing

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Nikita Stewart in The New York Times

For years, New York City has placed thousands of homeless families into so-called cluster or scatter-site housing, using private apartments, usually in run-down buildings, as an expensive way to help the city meet its legal mandate to provide shelter to those ..Read More

Tax Plan Could Mean More Homelessness

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Jaimie Ross and Laura Mascuch in Washington Examiner

As the House and Senate negotiate tax reform, the conversation focuses on two influential groups: the middle class and corporations. But amid the frenzy over itemization, individual and family deductions, and the corporate tax rate, one group of vulnerable Ame ..Read More

No Longer Homeless, but Still Struggling in School

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Elizabeth A. Harris in The New York Times

For homeless children, the negative effects don’t end when they move into a new home. Formerly homeless students continue to struggle in school for years, scoring as poorly on state tests as their peers with no place to live, according to a study from the Ed ..Read More

America’s Homeless Population Rises for the First Time Since the Great Recession

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Alastair Gee in The Guardian

America’s homeless population has risen this year for the first time since the Great Recession, propelled by the housing crisis afflicting the west coast, according to a new federal study. The study has found that 553,742 people were homeless on a single nig ..Read More

Angela

Posted on December 6, 2017

Homeless New Yorkers explain why the legal right to shelter is so important to them. Angela is a member of the Coalition’s Client Advisory Group (CAG) living in a single adult shelter for women in NYC. ..Read More

Today’s Read: America’s Homeless Population Rises

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone

The benefits of the economic recovery since the Great Recession have not been shared equally by all Americans. In fact, as housing costs in cities across the country have skyrocketed, increasingly low-income men, women, and children have been pushed into homel ..Read More

Madge

Posted on December 5, 2017

Homeless New Yorkers explain why the legal right to shelter is important to them. Madge is a member of the Coalition’s Client Advisory Group (CAG) and is living in a single adult shelter for women in NYC. ..Read More

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