Recent Accomplishments

In 2011, working with government partners and members, the Network:

  • Successfully advocated to restore a planned $5.1 million cut to services in supportive housing services for people with HIV/AIDS.
  • Gained a commitment from the Human Resources Administration to collaborate on improving contracting and payment processes.
  • Launched a successful campaign to renew the City and State’s commitment to developing family supportive housing.
  • Helped shape a new construction change order process and new design guidelines at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).
  • Helped expedite temporary certificates of occupancy of recently opened residences.
  • Provided leadership to New York City’s Continuum of Care, securing $6 million in new federal funding and facilitating the CoC’s first strategic planning process.