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The nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families coalitionforthehomeless.org

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Jun 12

State of the Homeless 2025 is out. The NYC shelter census surged by ~12% in 2024, with affordable housing vacancy rates at a record low. Read how political theater has replaced real solutions, leaving tens of thousands with nowhere to go. Read More: www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/state-of-the...

State of the Homeless 2025 - Coalition For The Homeless

State of the Homeless 2025 Nowhere to Go Download report Table of Contents Executive Summary I. Introduction II. Trajectory of Mass Homelessness in New York Drivers of Homelessness Shelter Exits III. ...

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 5d

@giffendave.bsky.social, Exec. Dir. of @nyhomeless.bsky.social spoke with Troy Closson for @nytimes.com, saying the increase in homeless students “is so profoundly obscene that I don’t know how the No. 1 priority of any administration isn’t ensuring that everyone in the city has a place to live.”

140,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Can the Next Mayor Change That?

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 15d

It’s not a homelessness crisis — it’s a housing crisis. @nyhomeless.bsky.social Executive Director @giffendave.bsky.social speaks with @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/n...

A graphic that reads "“When people are involuntarily hospitalized, they’re brought in, maybe stabilized, and they end up right back out on the streets. People who are homeless are not criminal.” Dave Giffen, Executive Director Coalition for the homeless".

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 15d

“We’ve been referring to this as a homelessness crisis for five decades,” said @giffendave.bsky.social, Executive Director of @nyhomeless.bsky.social. “It’s not a homelessness crisis — it’s a housing crisis.”

How the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Plan to Tackle Homelessness

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 22d

New Yorkers: call your representatives now. Demand Congress reject these cuts and fully fund housing programs that keep families safe. 4/4
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ACT NOW to Prevent Severe HUD Cuts

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 22d

These cuts come during a homelessness crisis—making it harder for families to find and keep stable homes. The city and Congress must act to protect housing and prevent displacement. 3/

Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 22d

Section 8 vouchers and public housing are lifelines for families across the city. Losing this funding means more evictions, more homelessness, and deeper crises for Black and Brown communities already hardest hit. 2/

Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 22d

Trump’s FY26 budget cuts $4.5 billion from housing programs in NYC, threatening support for over 1 million residents through NYCHA and Section 8. These cuts risk destabilizing entire neighborhoods. 1/

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 22d

We joined with more than a dozen organizations to discuss the impact of catastrophic federal cuts to services for homeless New Yorkers. You can read our testimony here: www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/u...

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 23d

As summer comes to a close, we reflect on another busy season of our youth programs. With your help, we were able to distribute nearly 7k backpacks to students living in NYC shelters, provide an enriching summer day camp, and welcome more than 300 campers to Camp Homeward Bound. Latest blog here:

Our Youth Programs Over Summer 2025: Wrapping up Project: Back to School, Bound for Success, and Camp Homeward Bound - Coalition For The Homeless

This summer marked another busy season for Coalition for the Homeless youth programs. Project: Back to School, Bound for Success, and Camp Homeward Bound touched the lives of thousands of homeless chi...

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 26d

Instead of cycling people between streets and hospitals, Mayor Adams and @governor.ny.gov should invest in solutions that we know work: prioritizing housing first, with sound mental health care. www.instagram.com/reel/DMGT9s2... 2/2

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 26d

Mayor Adams' approach to homelessness isn't working. 43% of those taken to hospitals by co-response teams are discharged right back onto the streets. It's an inhumane revolving door and needs to stop. www.crainsnewyork.com/health-pulse... 1/

Adams' involuntary hospital transports often fail to meet admission criteria

Mayor Eric Adams' push to take more people to the hospital involuntarily as a way to connect individuals with serious mental illnesses to services has struggled to get many people admitted to care, da...

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 29d

“This focus on involuntary treatment of those with mental health problems is not new, and it really is an insult to the public, who has seen this approach fail already in the past. The solution—the only solution—to homelessness is decommodified housing..."

The Real Cause of Homelessness

For decades, a misleading narrative about mental illness among the unhoused obscured the true source of the crisis: hyper-commodified housing.

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · 29d

“By requesting permission from the court to appeal this decision, Mayor Eric Adams is once again prioritizing bureaucratic delay over the urgent needs of families facing eviction and homelessness,” said Robert Desir, staff attorney at @legalaidnyc.bsky.social.

City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's been roughly two years since the administration was due to implement the laws, which would make rental vouchers available to more people living outside of shelters and increase the income eligibility threshold for CityFHEPS, among other reforms. bit.ly/3HTBzU1

Adams' Administration Delays CityFHEPS Expansion Again, Asks Court for Appeal - City Limits

After an appeals court ruled the mayor must implement a package of bills expanding eligibility for CityFHEPS housing vouchers, the Adams administration asked the court for permission to appeal the dec...

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Sep 2

There is a proven way to end homelessness in New York. It has worked before, and it will work again. It’s called Housing First. Cheaper for the tax payer, and a solution that will improve the lives of all NYers. gothamist.com/news/a-new-t...

A quote card that reads: “The [housing first approach] moved homeless vets into permanent housing and then provided them with the mental health care and other services that they needed, and it worked. Chronic homelessness among vets is functionally zero in New York.” This was said by Dave Giffen, Executive Director Coalition for the Homeless.

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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · Aug 29

“ Most cases don’t end up in evictions,” said Jenny Laurie of Housing Court Answers, which assists tenants navigating the housing court system.

Here's what New Yorkers can do if they’re struggling to make rent, or facing the threat of eviction: bit.ly/45V9uDP

What You Need to Know If You’re Struggling to Pay Rent in NYC - City Limits

City Limits combed through city government and non-profit documents and spoke to experts to get their take on what renters can do if they’re struggling to make rent, or facing the threat of eviction.

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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · Aug 27

“Sweeps, crackdowns, and mass hospitalizations may make homelessness less visible for a moment, but they don’t solve it. They just push suffering out of view—until it resurfaces again, often worse.” bit.ly/41YoEa1

Opinion: Forced Hospitalization Isn’t the Answer—Housing, Healthcare, and Compassion Are - City Limits

"Sweeps, crackdowns, and mass hospitalizations may make homelessness less visible for a moment, but they don’t solve it. They just push suffering out of view—until it resurfaces again, often worse."

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are honored @CBSEveningNews "Eye on America" chose to highlight Camp Homeward Bound, our sleepaway summer camp for homeless youth. Watch the full piece here: www.cbsnews.com/news/sleepaw...

Sleepaway camp Homeward Bound offers New York City homeless kids a place to belong

Camp Homeward Bound is a summer sleepaway camp designed specifically for children who come from New York City homeless and domestic violence shelters.

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Andy Waddington @thewaddingtons.com · Aug 26

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 25

Tune in to @cbseveningnews.bsky.social tonight to watch “Eye on America” on the Coalition's Camp Homeward Bound!

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 15

“any resources that are put into the treatments that are known to work are welcome...I just have to say, given the context of the horrifying things that we’re seeing unfolding in D.C. right now, it just sends a chill up my spine,” @GiffenDave CFTH Exec. Dir. said.

Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 15

“...this plan isn’t going to address the needs of New Yorkers who are concerned about what’s going on in public spaces or of people on the streets or subways, because it will just be another revolving door of streets and subways to hospitals and back again,” Steve Banks said.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 15

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City on Thursday vowed to seek the state’s permission to forcibly remove drug users from the city’s streets without their consent. The mayor also called for allowing hospital workers to mandate treatment with court approval.

Adams Pushes to Force Drug Users Off NYC Streets

As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating open drug use.

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today, @council.nyc.gov passed critical legislation that eliminates the unnecessary barriers that have prevented people released from jails and prison from accessing supportive housing, simply because the time they spent incarcerated wasn't counted as being 'homeless.'

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 12

"The one thing we don't want to do is criminalize people for something that is out of their control...Sending in the National Guard, sending in the military, sending in even the local police is not the solution to homelessness. It solves nothing," @giffendave.bsky.social CFTH Exec. Director said.

NYC homeless advocates react to President Trump's plan of "getting rid of the slums where they live"

President Trump on Monday announced plans to use the National Guard to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. He also spoke about the homeless.

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 12

The number of unsheltered New Yorkers actually increased last year – and every year since Adams took office. We need affordable housing for extremely low income NYers and increased access to mobile mental health treatment teams, which have long waitlists.

Gothamist @gothamist.com · Aug 12

Mayor Adams says his administration has housed 3,500 unsheltered New Yorkers https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-says-his-administration-has-housed-3500-unsheltered-new-yorkers

Mayor Adams says his administration has housed 3,500 unsheltered New Yorkers

Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks at a Street Homeless Advocacy Project open house in 2022. Advocates say more could be done to address the city’s homelessness crisis. [ more › ]

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Coalition for the Homeless @nyhomeless.bsky.social · Aug 5

“So many of these kids have been devalued and dehumanized just going through the shelter experience, so to be able to come to a place like this...— it is a truly freeing experience.” @giffendave.bsky.social, Exec. Dir. for @nyhomeless.bsky.social told @nytimes.com

A Summertime Haven for Homeless Children

For a few weeks at sleep-away camp, the challenges of difficult lives in New York City are a world away.