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
