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: April 18, 2024
Type: Public Testimony & Comments
Testimony for the New York State Budget Hearing on Housing Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2024 Executive Budget Proposal | February 14, 2024
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Permanently Housing Rather Than Just Sheltering Asylum Seekers Could Save the City Over $3 Billion Annually
Presently and historically, New York City has been the home to the country’s largest foreign-born population.i As this number has grown in recent months, the…
Win | July 07, 2023
CityFHEPS Bills Could Save NYC Millions and House Thousands of Families
On May 25, 2023, the New York City Council passed a package of bills that would significantly improve and expand access to CityFHEPS housing vouchers. Win fiercely advocated for this package of bills, through advocacy and a report on the financial impact associated with the legislation. The bill package is comprised of:
Win | April 25, 2023
Policies to Improve the Outcomes for Asylum-Seeking Families with Children
Federal Action Required: Homelessness & the Immigration Crisis in NYC
The Immigration Crisis is a Homelessness Crisis
Win | April 25, 2023
CityFHEPS Roadblocks to Housing
Last year, the typical family living in shelter spent 17 months there before moving into permanent
housing. Bureaucratic barriers in the CityFHEPS housing voucher program are a major contributor to this delay, forcing families
to remain homeless and costing the city thousands of dollars. The New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) can and
must change the CityFHEPS voucher to address these issues.
Win | April 14, 2023
HAVP – A Lifeline for the Most Vulnerable
There are 90,000+ New Yorkers without a home and 150,000+ households at risk of eviction. As federal
aid and eviction protections from the pandemic have lapsed and thousands of asylum seekers have arrived in
New York…
Win | December 24, 2022
Move Families Out of Shelter Now
The New York City shelter census is growing at an alarming rate, and too many New Yorkers remain stuck in shelter due to solvable administrative…