Published: March 29, 2024
Type: Housing Affordability & Stability, Policy Briefs & Position Papers, Other Advocacy Materials
Combatting Homelessness with HAVP
Anyone following the news knows that New York City is experiencing an unprecedented homelessness crisis, which has been exacerbated by the arrival of over 160,000 migrants over the last year and a half. Today, over 150,000 people in the city call shelters ‘home’ — 50,000 more than the population of Albany, NY. Let us say that again: there are more homeless New Yorkers than there are residents of our state capital. But while some see this crisis as a threat to the City, it is an incredible opportunity for New York if our leaders take the right steps to welcome these newcomers and integrate them into our communities. One critical step is the statewide Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), which was included in the one-house budgets for the New York State Senate and the Assembly. This is a monumental step forward that will enable migrant families to move out of shelter and find stability, advance school and community integration across all of New York State — one of the nation’s most racially and economically segregated states — and save our government billions of taxpayer dollars.
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Published: February 14, 2024
Type: Public Testimony & Comments
Testimony for the New York State Budget Hearing on Housing Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2024 Executive Budget Proposal
Read MoreWin | September 18, 2024
Win’s Fiscal Year 2025 Policy & Advocacy Agenda
Our FY25 Policy Agenda lays out our policy priorities for ending family homelessness, which fall into two main categories: Promoting Housing as a Human Right…
Win | May 03, 2024
Housing More New Yorkers: Win x REBNY
Housing vouchers in New York City are pivotal in mitigating homelessness, increasing housing stability, and improving long-term health, social, and economic outcomes for adults and children. However, New York City’s current housing voucher programs are flawed, and voucher holders regularly find their housing opportunities limited.
Win | April 15, 2024
Recommendations for the NYC Homelessness and Immigration Crises
History has shown time and again that migration bolsters the economy and the community, and we urge the City to remember this reality. However, the…
Win | March 29, 2024
Combatting Homelessness with HAVP
Anyone following the news knows that New York City is experiencing an unprecedented homelessness crisis, which has been exacerbated by the arrival of over 160,000…
Win | February 28, 2024
HAVP One Pager
Today, over 150,000 New Yorkers are experiencing homelessness, and more than 175,000 households are at risk of eviction and, potentially, homelessness. The HAVP legislation would…
Win | February 23, 2024
HAVP Report
Today, over 150,000 New Yorkers are experiencing homelessness, and more than 175,000 households are at risk of eviction and, potentially, homelessness. The HAVP legislation would…