Today’s Read: Minimum Wage Workers Cannot Afford Rent in Any U.S. State Posted on July 15, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone Even before the coronavirus pandemic led to mass unemployment and economic uncertainty, many renters were living paycheck-to-paycheck as they struggled to afford rising rents. The need for comprehensive Federal solutions to the affordable housing crisis has be ..Read More
Today’s Video: NYPD Getting Kicked Out of Homeless Services Posted on July 7, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone The past several weeks have brought renewed scrutiny to the role of police in communities across the nation, as part of the fight against systemic racism. While the City budget agreement announced last week did not go as far as many had hoped in reforming poli ..Read More
Today’s Read: Housing Cuts Would Exacerbate Inequality Posted on June 24, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone The past several months have underscored the now-familiar mantra, “housing is health care.” As Coalition for the Homeless documented in our recent report, the age-adjusted mortality rate due to COVID-19 for homeless New Yorkers in shelters as of June 1st w ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Testifies on the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on Homeless People in New York City Posted on May 22, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone As the new coronavirus (the pathogen that causes COVID-19) began to spread across New York City, it soon became clear that the legacy of systemic oppression and inequality had placed some New Yorkers at far greater risk of contracting and succumbing to the vir ..Read More
The Grand Central Food Program Responds to the COVID Crisis Posted on May 4, 2020 by Tim Campbell The Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) was founded in 1985 the day after a homeless woman died of starvation in Grand Central Terminal. This memory of a homeless person starving on the streets of NYC is embedded in the fabric of the program.&nbs ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Requiring Private Rooms for Homeless Single Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic Posted on April 24, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone On Thursday, April 23rd, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding Intro. 1927, which would require the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to provide all ..Read More
Today’s Read: Beneath the Sickened City Posted on April 22, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone For more than a month, Mayor de Blasio and other officials have urged New York City residents to stay home. But even before the rapid economic fallout from the pandemic, record numbers of New Yorkers were already without homes. In addition to the more than 62, ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless and Allies Call for Federal Government to Fund Rental Assistance Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City has been fully in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic for a month, which has magnified the longstanding holes in our social safety net. Long before COVID-19’s arrival, New York City was already in the midst of a historic homelessness crisis ..Read More
Today’s Read: Report Shows Poverty in New York Far Worse Than Official Measures Say Posted on February 21, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone Many New Yorkers are struggling to make ends meet: A new report from the Robin Hood Foundation found that half of adult New Yorkers report living in poverty for at least a year between 2015 and 2018, despite a falling official poverty rate, and people of color ..Read More
