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
Housing assistance prevents poverty. In 2023, NYCHA, Section 8, and Housing Choice Vouchers kept 150K+ New Yorkers above the poverty line—cutting poverty rates among recipients by a third (from 55% to 37%). #HousingIsAHumanRight #PovertyTracker
Now those lifelines are under threat. Proposed federal cuts could push 50K more New Yorkers into poverty and nearly double the number living in deep poverty (below 50% of the poverty line).
Housing assistance is one of the most effective tools we have to fight poverty. But without action, proposed federal cuts will erase progress and put thousands more New Yorkers at risk. We need to expand—not shrink—access to housing.
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BREAKING: A unanimous court ruling forces the Adams admin to begin implementing long-overdue CityFHEPS reforms—championed by @NYCCouncil, @LegalAidNYC, Win and other advocates. This is a huge win for housing justice & the families we serve.
CityFHEPS is a proven solution. The Council’s reforms will: remove shelter stay requirements, raise income limits, end work requirements, & limit unfair utility deductions. Together, these reforms will help families stabilize and move from shelter to stability.
This is a major step forward and a clear rebuke of the Mayor’s harmful plan to raise rent costs for low-income families. Vouchers work. Housing saves lives. We won’t stop until every New Yorker has a safe, stable home. Read our full statement:
https://winnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Win-Legal-Aid-Society-and-City-Council-Prevail-Over-Adams-Administration-to-Force-Implementation-of-CityFHEPS-Reforms-In-Unanimous-Court-Decision.pdf