Coalition Testifies: Cuomo Budget Falls Short on Supportive Housing Posted on February 6, 2015 The Coalition’s Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Shelly Nortz, testified on Thursday at the State Budget Hearing on Housing in Albany. Ms. Nortz and nearly everyone who testified at the hearing, called on Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to fully fund a f ..Read More
Looking Back on 2014: Hope for the New Year in the Wake of Rising NYC Homelessness Posted on January 28, 2015 by Patrick Markee The historic homelessness crisis that Mayor de Blasio inherited worsened during his first year in office, due to three factors: (1) New York City’s acute housing affordability crisis; (2) the lingering impact of former Mayor Bloomberg’s disastrous homele ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York City Activists Mobilize for Right to Counsel in Eviction Posted on January 8, 2015 A bill proposed to the New York City Council, if passed, would make the city the first municipality to provide free legal counsel to low income tenants at risk of eviction. Currently 90 percent of landlords are represented by attorneys during housing court whi ..Read More
Thank You For Bringing Holiday Cheer! Posted on December 24, 2014 On Saturday, December 13th more than 125 girls and boys from nine different New York City homeless shelters joined the Coalition for the Homeless for our annual Holiday Carnival. The children were greeted with activities, treats and gift bags full of small toy ..Read More
Guest Post: Paul Bettany Posted on December 22, 2014 I first began working with the Coalition for the Homeless in 2012 because I needed help. I was writing a screenplay about a homeless couple who fall in love on the streets of NYC. It was inspired by a real couple who lived outside my apartment in TriBeCa ̵ ..Read More
CFH Testifies on NYC Homelessness Crisis and Solutions Posted on December 11, 2014 On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, the Coalition’s Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Shelly Nortz, gave testimony to New York State’s Assembly Standing Committees on Social Services and Oversight, Analysis and Investigation on the current homelessness crisi ..Read More
Congratulations to First Step Classes 124 and 125! Posted on November 20, 2014 On Wednesday, November 5th, family, friends and staff gathered at the offices of Hughes Hubbard and Reed, LLP, to celebrate the 33 remarkable women who successfully completed the First Step Job Training Program. The women of classes 124 and 125 spent 14 weeks ..Read More
Why I Volunteer With The Grand Central Food Program Posted on October 29, 2014 by Arvind Singh Arvind Singh, a Senior Analyst at AIG, started volunteering with the Grand Central Food Program in 2004. Below, he shares why he has been such a steadfast GCFP volunteer for a decade. For almost 10 years, I’ve had the opportunity of volunteering as a dri ..Read More
CBPP Report: How Housing Location Can Create Opportunity for Children Posted on October 24, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Earlier this month, Barbara Sard and Douglas Rice from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released the Creating Opportunity for Children Report, which describes how improvements to federal rental assistance programs could substantially bet ..Read More
