Improving the lives of NYC’s women and children for over 40 years
Win provides safe housing and critical services to help homeless women and their children rebuild their lives and break the cycle of homelessness.
Last year, Win served over 12,400 people
The @NYCMayor made the right choice by ending encampment sweeps. As @ChrisCQuinn writes in @CityAndStateNY, sweeps are inhumane, ineffective, and fail to move anyone into permanent housing.
Saving lives requires trust. Mayor Mamdani’s approach with Enhanced Code Blue patrols, warming centers, and low-barrier shelter beds meets people where they are and connects them to the services they actually want and need.
However, to truly end homelessness, we need housing-first solutions. @ChrisCQuinn urges codified expansion of CityFHEPS to keep families permanently housed, and tripling affordable housing to ensure every New Yorker has a stable home. No family should cycle in and out of shelter.
The @NYCMayor is reversing his campaign promise to expand CityFHEPS, NYC’s largest rental voucher program, citing cost concerns. As @nytimes reports, this affects tens of thousands of families relying on permanent housing support.
The @NYCCouncil passed bills to expand CityFHEPS, raising eligibility and broadening access to rental vouchers. The Mamdani administration is now negotiating to narrow the program, citing budget constraints and a projected $2.4 billion cost increase.
Win CEO, @ChrisCQuinn, told the NYT that narrowing the expansion “shouldn’t even be on the table” and warned that limiting the program could let homelessness continue at crisis levels.
JUST IN: A new report from Win finds the city could save $635 million over five years by moving families out of shelter with CityFHEPS. Read the full findings: https://winnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/More-Than-a-Moral-Choice-How-CityFHEPS-Could-Save-NYC-635-Million-2.pdf
CityFHEPS costs about $54 per day and provides permanent housing stability. When you compare accurate five-year costs, shelter is roughly $36,000 MORE expensive per family.
If every family with children currently in shelter moved into permanent housing with CityFHEPS, NYC could save up to $635 million over five years. CityFHEPS isn’t just a moral imperative. It’s the fiscally responsible path forward.