Housing Subsidy
Housing Subsidies: One Key to Addressing Homelessness in New York City
Helping homeless children and families and reducing the number of children living in homeless shelters are critical issues for the de Blasio administration to tackle. We are releasing an issue brief today with recommendations for creating a new housing …
Housing Subsidies: One Key to Addressing Homelessness in New York City
Since New York City eliminated its large-scale housing subsidy program, the number of children and families living in homeless shelters has increased dramatically and families are staying in the shelter system for longer lengths of time. Currently, ove …
CCC Testimony: Examining the Use of Cluster Sites as Temporary Shelter for the Homeless
CCC testified about the City’s increased use of cluster site shelters to house homeless families, and made recommendations on how to reduce the City’s record levels of homelessness, at a New York City Council General Welfare Oversight Hearing on Octobe …
Record Number of New York City Children Are Homeless for the Holidays
Citizens’ Committee for Children (CCC) released an infographic today illustrating the record number of children in New York City who will spend the holiday season living in homeless shelters. The infographic, NYC Children: Homeless for the Holidays, ex …
CCC Testimony: City Council Oversight Hearing: Poverty Trends in NYC
CCC testified about the increase in poverty in New York City and the need to protect social service supports for families at the December 12, 2011 City Council Joint Community Development and General Welfare Committees Hearing. The most recent U.S. Cen …
CCC Testimony: New York State Senate Roundtable on Human Services
CCC testified about the impact the economic downturn has had on families and the increasing demand for services at the New York State Senate Roundtable on Human Services, held on November 29, 2011 in New York City. CCC’s testimony explained that the Ro …
