Published: September 18, 2024
Type: Policy Briefs & Position Papers
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 and
Strengthening Supports for Families Experiencing Homelessness. This agenda also
reflects our commitment to research, best practices, the voices of our clients and direct
care staff, who help guide our priorities and contribute their own during insight sessions.
Finally, the Win mission to end homelessness inherently intersects with broader equity
goals, and we are focused on solutions that will advance racial justice, gender equality,
and civil liberties.
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
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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…
Win | June 15, 2022
Statement in Support of Clinical Mental Health Services in Family Shelter
The undersigned groups express our strong support for providing clinical mental health services on site in family shelters so that parents and children can easily…