Thank You for Helping Us Collect 13,000 Toys for Homeless Kids! Posted on December 20, 2019 Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Holiday Toy Drive. With your help, we’ve collected 13,000 (and counting!) dolls, action figures, footballs, arts and crafts kits, and more to be distributed to homeless kids in New York City just in time for ..Read More
In Landmark Victory, House Our Future New York Campaign Applauds City Council for Passing Intro 1211-A Posted on December 19, 2019 in Press Release Groundbreaking Bill, Introduced by Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr., Would Require Majority of City-Assisted New Projects to Set Aside at Least 15 Percent of Apartments for the Homeless Lack of Affordable Housing Primary Driver of New York City’s Record-B ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio Turns Corner to Put Street Homeless on Fast Track to Homes Posted on December 19, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone As thousands of unsheltered homeless New Yorkers endure sub-freezing temperatures on the city’s streets, Mayor de Blasio announced this week a new plan called “The Journey Home” to “end long-term street homelessness” in five years. In the plan, the ..Read More
Today’s Read: Facing Pressure, de Blasio Agrees to Require Some Developers to Set Aside Housing for Homeless Posted on December 13, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone UPDATE: On December 19th, the Council voted to pass Intro. 1211-A, with 38 votes in favor! Read more here. New York City is about to take a huge step forward in the fight against homelessness: This week, the Council introduced an amended version of Council ..Read More
House Our Future New York Statement In Response to the City Council Introduction of Updated Homeless Housing Bill Posted on December 12, 2019 by House Our Future NY in Press Release Legislation Would Set Aside at Least 15% of Newly Constructed Apartments for the Homeless NEW YORK, NY – The following statement from the House Our Future NY steering committee is in response to the City Council introducing an u ..Read More
Facing Homeless Crisis, New York Vows 1,000 New Apartments a Year Posted on December 12, 2019 by Nikita Stewart, Jeffery C. Mays and Matthew Haag in The New York Times A law would mandate that affordable-housing projects built with city assistance must have 15 percent of the apartments reserved for the homeless. As New York City grapples with record numbers of homeless people, Mayor Bill de Blasio has faced deepening critici ..Read More
Homeless Outreach Workers: Nothing We Do Matters Without New Housing Posted on December 12, 2019 by Current and Former Outreach Workers in Gothamist After a homeless man allegedly bludgeoned four other homeless men to death on the streets of Chinatown, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Outreach NYC, a new plan to address the ongoing crisis of street homelessness in the city. The center of this plan involv ..Read More
Mayor Offers More Homeless Outreach, But Advocates Want More Beds Posted on December 10, 2019 by Jarrett Murphy in CityLimits.Org Could anyone argue against more engagement of the kind Mayor de Blasio unveiled late last month, when he announced plans to enlist 18,000 city workers as the eyes and ears of a rejuvenated effort to identify street homeless New Yorkers so outreach workers can ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC Has a Family Homelessness Crisis Posted on December 11, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone A shocking number of families with children in New York City lack stable housing: Every night, 22,083 kids sleep in City shelters, and in 2017, 1,164 newborns were brought “home” from the hospital to a shelter, which was the second consecutive year in ..Read More
