BPs Call On Cuomo To Fund HSS And Curtail Homeless Crisis Posted on February 27, 2019 by Queens Gazette in Queens Gazette Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., shared their support on February 20th for Home Stability Support (HSS), which would begin to addr ..Read More
Today’s Read: Council Members Call for Home Stability Support Posted on February 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, Coalition for the Homeless rallied with dozens of advocates and elected officials in support of a statewide rent subsidy proposal called Home Stability Support (HSS), which would reduce homelessness by bridging the difference ..Read More
Today’s Read: Bipartisan Group of Elected Officials Calls for New Program to Fight Homelessness Posted on February 4, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone With record homelessness across the state, elected officials from both parties are renewing the push for a statewide rent subsidy called Home Stability Support. HSS would bridge the difference between the public assistance shelter allowance and actual rents fo ..Read More
Free Housing Court Lawyers Are Driving Down Eviction Rates, City Says Posted on February 4, 2019 by Danny Lewis in WNYC The de Blasio administration is crediting its program to provide free lawyers to low-income tenants for helping reduce New York City’s overall eviction rate. According to the city’s Department of Social Services, the eviction rate dropped by 14 pe ..Read More
DHS Facing Tough Questions After CBS2 Report On Homeless Family’s City-Sponsored Housing Posted on February 1, 2019 by Ali Bauman in CBS 2 New York EAST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Yesterday, CBS2 introduced you to Kevin Nicholson, and showed you how his wife and two sons have been living since New York City’s Department of Homeless Services, or DHS, relocated the family to East Orange, N.J. in June ..Read More
Bipartisan Group of Elected Officials Calls for New Program to Fight Homelessness Posted on February 3, 2019 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News ALBANY – With state budget negotiations fast approaching, more than a dozen lawmakers are calling for the final spending plan to include enactment of a program to reduce reliance on homeless shelters. The renewed bipartisan call to adopt the Home Stability S ..Read More
Council Bill to Increase Homeless Housing Has Enough Sponsors to Override Veto Posted on January 29, 2019 by Janaki Chadha in PoliticoPro A bill that would substantially increase the amount of housing set aside for homeless New Yorkers now has enough sponsors in the City Council to override a veto, as the de Blasio administration remains resistant to the idea. The legislation, introduced by Coun ..Read More
CityViews: State Must Equip the City to Truly Combat the Homeless Crisis Posted on January 28, 2019 by Eric Adams in CityLimits.org Across the five boroughs, homelessness has become too commonplace. Many of its victims are living on the streets, sleeping in parks, and escaping these cold winter months underground in the subways. An all-time record 63,500 New Yorkers sleep in shelters every ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on NYS Executive Budget 2019 Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, Coalition for the Homeless submitted testimony to the Fiscal Committees of the New York State Legislature on the NYS Executive Budget 2019. Although there are some positive developments in the recently released Executive Budget, Governor Cuomo has c ..Read More
