Sentences with phrase «housing for homeless persons»

The grants fund a wide variety of programs from street outreach and assessment to transitional and permanent housing for homeless persons and families.

Governor Cuomo today announced 169 conditional awards to agencies in 47 counties across the state, that will provide support services and operating funding for at least 1,200 units of supportive housing for homeless persons with special needs, conditions or other... Continue reading →

The architect is using her design knowledge to create durable, temporary housing for homeless people...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new initiative for housing for homeless people.

The Coalition for the Homeless, joined by community groups and labor unions, crafted the proposal, which calls for 10 percent of city - subsidized new housing to be set aside for the indigent along with at least 2,500 of the New York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling renters.

Not exact matches

Knowing many of Perth's homeless people by name, Kris Halliday, along with state Member for Perth Eleni Evangel, is championing a new housing model.

Many of the homeless work regular jobs, in some cases serving the very people whose sky - high net worth is the reason housing has become unaffordable for so many.

-- «California's housing crisis is so bad, families are squatting abandoned homes just to survive,» by Mother Jones» Bryan Schatz: T» he right to adequate housing — not just four walls and a roof, but «a safe and secure home and community in which to live in peace and dignity» — is decreed by the United Nations, but you wouldn't know it by looking around California, where nearly a quarter of the nation's homeless people live... In Oakland, where buyers routinely offer hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking prices, there are nearly four vacant properties for every homeless person.

I believe that its important to see inner wisdom and the council of friends and wise and knowledgeable people... but God, if he / she exists created us — right... oh yes w / brains... we should be honoring that by using them... I can imagine if God exists every day he is saying to himself / herself «why do people keep asking me for things I have not control over, or really could care less about (people are asking for a new shinny house to replace their perfectly fine house while millions are homeless around the world, hungry, sick, etc.)... why are they not using the gifts and skills they have».

Some churches are involved in community services, especially emergency - care services: crisis counseling centers, battered women's shelters and other housing for homeless women and young people — many of whom are running away from physical and sexual abuse.

Nevertheless, Houston experienced a severe housing problem with half a million people paying more for housing than they could afford, a large homeless population and long waiting lists for public housing.

January was a great month for 100 homeless people in Boston who are now living in permanent supportive housing thanks to the generosity of The Pine Street Inn.

As significant welfare reform and housing bills make their way through parliament this legislative year, debates on cutting housing benefit for 18 - 21 year olds, and the security and affordability of the private rented sector will all come to play — with potentially dire consequences for people at the cusp of becoming homeless.

Carl has created hundreds of jobs for people of color and he's funded a homeless mission for 15 years, feeding, housing and educating Buffalo's poorest families.

The housing workers branch of Unite says its members have been concerned for some time that homeless organisations have become «increasingly compliant agencies of government policy» and are sometimes «failing to speak out» on behalf of homeless people.

Experts warn that councils could choose to spend this on other forms of emergency accommodation, including housing for older people and homeless people.

«One of the most gruesome things we hear at the Ali Forney Center is our young people who have been recently diagnosed in their desperation to get shelter and housing will forsake taking the medication because they want to be eligible for the current HASA guidelines,» said Carl Siciliano, executive director of the group, which helps homeless LGBT youth.

Paladino has a long history of making race - related comments, but Thomas noted in the video (I'm not sure that it ever actually hit the airwaves) the candidate also «created hundreds of jobs for people of color and he's funded a homeless mission for 15 years, feeding, housing and educating Buffalo's poorest families.»

State agencies issued three separate Requests for Proposals to provide more than $ 650 million in capital funding and $ 30 million in service and operating funding for at least 1,200 supportive housing units for homeless people with special needs, conditions or other challenges.

During these discussions the officer highlights three major problems that homeless people are up against when they approach councils for housing help.

The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals: Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor the Homeless, Pratt Center for Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE, Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New YoFor Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Environmental Justice, Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New Yofor Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.

New York City and New York state are in talks to create a new program that would provide more housing and support services for homeless individuals in the city, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Malliotakis has criticized that plan, as well as the current policy of placing homeless in hotels, supporting instead supportive housing for homeless, which includes offering more vocational training to help people get jobs, and giving those with mental illness treatment.

«Without access to housing subsidies provided by the City, as well as resources such as public housing and consistent access to supportive housing, far too many homeless young people are at significant risk for violence, abuse and exploitation.»

The FOR - HOME study followed up 400 single homeless people who were moved from hostels and other temporary accommodation into independent housing in London, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire to determine the long - term outcomes of resettlement.

At 1 p.m., Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, a coalition of faith leaders, elected officials and advocates for the homeless will deliver 25,000 letters from people across New York demanding Cuomo keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless, 3rd floor, stat Capitol, Albany.

Bearing signs saying «Don't balance the budget on the backs of the poor» and shouting «Hey hey, ho ho, the funding cuts have got to go,» the roughly 150 demonstrators, largely from New York City, represented progressive activist groups pushing for rent reductions for people with HIV, homeless services, low - income housing, health care and other issues.

Using a gift given to the shelther as seed money, she helped start and served on the Board of Friends House in Rosehill, a residence for fifty formerly homeless people with AIDS.

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Housing needs, such as affordable housing and housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the Housing needs, such as affordable housing and housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the housing and housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the housing for special populations (the homeless, the elderly, disabled persons, persons living with AIDS, and public housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the housing residents), and community and economic development needs, such as transportation, jobs, community facilities and infrastructure (sewer, water and roads), will be prime topics for discussion at the forums.

Advocates and supportive housing residents gathered on Homeless Persons» Memorial Day to call for State leaders to release funds for lifesaving supportive housing.

Mr. de Blasio also blasted Mr. Cuomo's recommended restructuring of a 2005 supportive housing initiative, which created some 9,000 units of shelter for homeless people suffering from mental illness, HIV infection and substance addiction.

The funding includes $ 9.7 billion to pay for 94,000 below - market - rate apartments throughout the state and $ 2.6 billion for 6,000 «supportive housing» units for homeless people who need additional services, such as counseling.

They are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to address the growing number of homeless people in the state and free up funding for supportive, affordable housing before the end of the year.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), and Southern Tier Environments for Living (STEL) joined local partners to dedicate Evergreen Lofts, an under - utilized industrial building in Buffalo that now has 56 energy - efficient affordable apartments in an LGBTQ - friendly setting and supportive housing for formerly homeless persons with chronic medical conditions.

«It's going to be person by person, because literally each homeless person has their own challenge,» he added, touting the city's commitment to create 15,000 units of supportive housing over the next 15 years, as well as new behavioral health services for the city's homeless and mentally ill population.

«I have the numbers as comptroller, and the numbers say that we are not doing nearly enough for the people who struggle in our homeless shelters, in our public housing, and I'm telling you we can do better.»

The Metro IAF - EBC proposal specifically calls for 15,000 new senior housing units on underutilized NYCHA land, which it foresees would allow 50,000 people on NYCHA waitlists and in homeless shelters to move into apartments vacated by those seniors.

Another problem Taylor cited is a waiting list for beds at «safe havens,» a kind of supportive housing that many adult homeless people favor — they don't have the kinds of curfews or mandates for drug or alcohol rehabilitation that some shelters require.

Barrios - Paoli wanted more space in public housing reserved for homeless people; Glen didn't.

Later in his State of the State address, Mr. Cuomo said he wanted to pay for 20,000 units of supportive housing, which provide homeless and mentally ill people services as well as shelter.

Mark - Viverito said she wants the state's Homeless Housing and Assistance program to pay for rental assistance for homeless people transitioning out of the shelterHomeless Housing and Assistance program to pay for rental assistance for homeless people transitioning out of the shelterhomeless people transitioning out of the shelter system.

Trillium Health is one of the organizations involved, and its housing specialist, Javier Elias, says there are a number of homeless people in the region who have slipped through cracks in the system for various reasons.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

City Councilman Andy King, however, appeared to ignite them recently, when he organized a protest against the same Stagg Group behind the shelter coming to Broadway, but for a building that already houses formerly homeless people at 3677 White Plains Road, in Wakefield.

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Where the homeless child is located in a temporary housing facility operated or approved by a local social services district or a residential facility for runaway and homeless youth, the director of the facility or a person designated by the social services districts, shall, within two business days of entry into such facilities, assist the designator to ensure that the form is properly completed and assist the child, where necessary, to enroll in the designated school district.

Where a parent or person in parental relation or a child who is neither placed in a temporary housing facility by the local department of social services nor housed in a residential program for runaway homeless youth established pursuant to article 19 - H of the Executive Law, designates the school district of current location, the school district shall forward to the department a completed designation form and a statement of the basis for its determination that the child is a homeless child entitled to attend the schools of the district.

Approximately 80 percent of people who experience homelessness are homeless for a short period of time and usually need help finding housing or a rent subsidy.

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