Category: CFTH Blog

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers across the state are entering the new year homeless, and countless others are on the brink of losing their homes. The record scale of the crisis demands bold solutions, such as Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi’s Home Stability Su ..Read More

Although New York City has the largest homeless population of any city in the United States, we don’t have the massive tent encampments found in many other cities with growing homeless populations. In fact, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Develop ..Read More

New Yorkers are all too familiar with the citywide housing affordability crisis: With more than half of renters shelling out over 30 percent of their income toward housing, countless families and individuals live precariously close to falling behind on rent. I ..Read More

Elaborate balloon sculptures, candy canes and loads of festive décor decked the halls last week, as nearly 150 homeless girls and boys from eight different NYC shelters made their way into our magical Kids’ Holiday Carnival. Iron Man, Superman, graffiti ar ..Read More

While thousands of our homeless neighbors struggle to survive on the frigid streets and languish in shelters, elected officials in Albany continue to delay the release of greatly needed funds for supportive housing. Supportive housing is proven to break the cy ..Read More

The citywide affordable housing crisis has pushed many New Yorkers to the brink of homelessness. More than half of NYC tenants pay over 30 percent of their income toward rent, just one missed paycheck or unexpected medical bill away from falling behind. If the ..Read More

Faced with a worsening affordable housing crisis and record homelessness statewide, a growing number of elected leaders and advocates are endorsing the innovative Home Stability Support proposal introduced by State Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi (D- Forest Hills ..Read More

“The aid, care and support of the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state and by such of its subdivisions, and in such manner and by such means, as the legislature may from time to time determine.” These words, from Article XVII of the ..Read More

As more than 80,000 homeless New Yorkers brace themselves for another brutally cold winter, elected leaders in Albany continue to delay the release of funds for desperately needed supportive housing – a proven, cost-effective solution to chronic homelessne ..Read More