Category: Today’s Action

Permanent, stable housing is an essential foundation to help people reentering society after incarceration, but many landlords refuse to rent homes to anyone who has been convicted, regardless of the severity of the offense. This discrimination disproportionat ..Read More

The coronavirus pandemic has cruelly reinforced the fact that housing is health care. Without the basic safety and privacy provided by stable housing, tens of thousands of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness have endured compounding risks for contractin ..Read More

Project: Back to School provides children living in NYC shelters with new backpacks stocked with school supplies for the upcoming year. ..Read More

More than 250,000 people in New York State were homeless in the 2018-2019 school year, including more than 150,000 children. Existing public assistance allowances are not enough to help families move from shelters to stable homes. Home Stability Support (HSS) ..Read More

New York City is in the midst of the worst homelessness crisis since the Great Depression, with more than 63,000 people – including nearly 22,000 children – sleeping in shelters each night. In order to match the unprecedented need, the City must employ eve ..Read More

Roughly 75 percent of the nearly 62,000 New Yorkers sleeping in homeless shelters tonight are in families – mostly female-headed households fleeing eviction or domestic violence. These women face a tremendous array of obstacles to stability, including a lac ..Read More

New York City is in the midst of the worst homelessness crisis since the Great Depression, with 63,000 people – including nearly 24,000 children – sleeping in shelters each night. In order to match the unprecedented need, the City must employ every availab ..Read More

Supportive housing breaks the cycle of homelessness by pairing the stability of a permanent home with on-site services for people with mental illness, addiction, HIV/AIDS, chronic illness, disability or other special needs. Gov. Cuomo committed to develop 20,0 ..Read More

With nearly 63,000 people – including more than 24,000 children – sleeping in New York City shelters tonight and thousands more enduring homelessness statewide, it is time for bold action to address the crisis. Home Stability Support (HSS) is an innovative ..Read More