Today’s Read: More New Yorkers Facing Eviction are Getting Lawyers Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone 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
Today’s Read: Swapping Shelters for Rent Subsidies Posted on September 13, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone Decades of research have shown that housing is the solution to homelessness, but the City and State have struggled to move people out of shelters and keep them stably housed. The rapidly dwindling supply of affordable housing has resulted in near-record number ..Read More
More New Yorkers Facing Eviction are Getting Lawyers Posted on September 12, 2016 by Oscar Perry Abello in Next City When Garrett Wright first started at the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center (UJC), he was one of only two lawyers in the housing practice. It was a very busy time, back in 2008. “It was basically a lot of low-income, working-class tena ..Read More
Queens Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi Pushing to Have the Homeless Swap Shelters for Rent Subsidies Posted on September 13, 2016 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News The chairman of the state Assembly Social Services Committee has begun quietly pushing a plan he says would reduce reliance on homeless shelters by creating a new rent subsidy to keep people in their homes. The plan by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), dub ..Read More
Thanks for Another Successful Project: Back to School Posted on September 8, 2016 For the past month, the Coalition’s offices have been overflowing with backpacks, pencils, rulers, crayons and more – thanks to the many generous supporters of our annual school supply drive for homeless kids, Project: Back to School. The need could not be ..Read More
Back to School Posted on September 7, 2016 in Queens Gazette Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Sarah Murphy, Director of Development for the Coalition for the Homeless, posed with the backpacks and other school supplies that were dropped off at Borough Hall in August by contributors donating to “Project: Back ..Read More
Under New Policy for Homeless Families, Children Can Miss Less School Posted on September 1, 2016 by Elizabeth A. Harris in The New York Times Homeless families in New York City have long been forced into a difficult choice: In order to apply for housing, they must have their children skip school. Now, the city’s Department of Homeless Services is changing its policies to try to reduce the extraord ..Read More
