First Step Graduates Shine at This Year’s Women Mean Business Luncheon! Posted on April 30, 2018 by Anya Tudisco On April 19th, nearly 350 business and community leaders gathered at the Plaza Hotel for the 24th Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon, raising more than $265,000 for the Coalition’s First Step Job Training Program. Dulcé Sloan, comedian and correspondent on ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates Call for More Homeless Housing Units in de Blasio’s Housing Plan Posted on April 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, the Coalition for the Homeless and a group of 43 organizations sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio calling on him to dedicate 30,000 units of his Housing New York 2.0 plan to homeless New Yorkers, or 10 percent of the total 300,000-unit plan. Currently ..Read More
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Propose Raising Rent for Low-Income Americans Receiving Federal Housing Subsidies Posted on April 25, 2018 by Tracy Jan, Caitlin Dewey, Jeff Stein in The Washington Post Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson proposed far-reaching changes to federal housing subsidies Wednesday, tripling rent for the poorest households and making it easier for housing authorities to impose work requirements. Carson’s proposals, an ..Read More
Council Speaker Slams Slow Progress of de Blasio’s Supportive Housing Plan Posted on April 24, 2018 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News City Council Speaker Corey Johnson tore into the de Blasio administration for delays in its plan to build thousands of supportive housing apartments for formerly homeless New Yorkers. Mayor de Blasio promised in 2015 to create 15,000 supportive housing units o ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on the NYC 15/15 Supportive Housing Initiative Posted on April 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Tuesday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare on the NYC 15/15 supportive housing initiative and related topics. Supportive housing is permanent affordable ..Read More
Kemba Posted on April 23, 2018 Kemba, Class 143, shares her First Step story at the 24th Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon on April 19, 2018 at The Plaza Hotel ..Read More
Gigi Posted on April 19, 2018 First Step graduate Gigi, Class 142, overcame tremendous odds to find a full-time living wage job and a fresh start at a new life. This video was first shown at the Coalition for the Homeless’ 24th Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon benefiting the First Ste ..Read More
Homeless Deaths Surge Posted on April 13, 2018 by Tim Craig in The Washington Post Desperate to avoid an early death, Michael Jenkins finally found a doctor willing to operate on his damaged liver. But Jenkins knew all along that it was the recovery that was more likely to kill him out here on the city’s streets. Within days of the docto ..Read More
N.Y. Politicians Create $15M Affordable Housing Pilot Program to Battle Homelessness Posted on April 9, 2018 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News ALBANY — The recently enacted state budget creates a new affordable housing pilot program designed to help those who are homeless or at risk of losing their housing, the Daily News has learned. The $15 million for the “Fair Market Rent” pilot plan pushed ..Read More