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Home is Hope

Forty years ago, the Coalition for the Homeless secured the legal right to shelter for New Yorkers without homes, creating a baseline of decency in our city. We need now to build on that baseline, because people need homes. Our Home is Hope campaign aims to advance the truth that housing is a fundamental human right, and to ensure that government policies are designed to facilitate the fulfillment of that right in New York. We have been fighting to end homelessness for 40 years, and we won’t give up.

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Our Right to Housing Platform

Explore our policy recommendations to guarantee access to housing and end homelessness

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#CFTH40

Learn about the 40th anniversary of the Coalition for the Homeless and the right to shelter

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Media Coverage

Read an op-ed by our Executive Director about the right to shelter and the right to housing

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Statement

Watch our new PSA and read our Statement: Everyone Has the Right to a Home