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
In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America Posted on April 7, 2018 by Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui in The New York Times RICHMOND, Va. — Before the first hearings on the morning docket, the line starts to clog the lobby of the John Marshall Courthouse. No cellphones are allowed inside, but many of the people who’ve been summoned don’t learn that until they arrive. “Put i ..Read More
Today’s Read: Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget Posted on April 3, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The State’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget, which was finalized late last week, includes various housing initiatives, such as a pilot rent subsidy program and continued funding for supportive housing. Buried in the budget bills, however, is language that could impo ..Read More
Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget Posted on March 30, 2018 by Abigail Savitch-Lew in City Limits Congestion pricing. Education spending. Preventing the affluent from getting doubly taxed by Trump’s new tax plan. There were a lot of competing priorities to be resolved in this year’s roughly $170 billion New York State budget, which by Friday morning wa ..Read More
