Category: CFTH Blog

Update: On November 15th, HUD announced that it had exempted New York City and other cities with a vacancy rate below 4 percent from the changed rule. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is one of the most powerful tools for ensuring housing stability ..Read More

On Thursday, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony in support of a package of bills that would curb the abuses of three-quarter house operators and help tenants assert their rights and access more stable housing resources ..Read More

New York’s severe housing affordability crisis continues to be the primary cause of record homelessness. Incomes have failed to keep up with skyrocketing rents, and the State’s shelter allowance for public assistance recipients is nowhere near sufficient t ..Read More

Today, the City announced a grim milestone: More than 60,000 men, women, and children are now sleeping in Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelters each night.[1] New York City has a legal right to shelter that means the shelter census will rise and fall ..Read More

On Monday, the Coalition for the Homeless joined dozens of other advocates and tenants in presenting testimony in support of City Council Intro 214-a, which would guarantee legal representation for low-income New Yorkers in housing court. Eviction is a leading ..Read More

Recent editorials by the Daily News and New York Post highlight the ongoing homelessness crisis facing the City: According to the Coalition for the Homeless, more than 60,000 men, women, and children are sleeping in NYC shelters each night. The crisis is indee ..Read More

Following eight consecutive weeks of rallies outside Governor Cuomo’s office – and two years of relentless advocacy – the finish line for desperately needed supportive housing could be in sight. Last week, Governor Cuomo directed the Division of the Budg ..Read More

The dwindling supply of affordable and supportive housing has pushed near-record numbers of New Yorkers into homelessness. The increase in homelessness and subsequent strain on the shelter system have been acutely felt by homeless people with disabilities, who ..Read More

The key to turning the tide and reducing the shelter census is to prevent homelessness before it begins. However, more than half of New York City residents grapple with unaffordable rents, meaning that a dangerously high number of households are one missed pay ..Read More