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The Network Responds to Recent Press Coverage on Arrears in Supportive Housing
Jun.01.2023
There have been multiple media reports in recent weeks about nonprofit supportive housing providers engaging in legal proceedings to address record-high rent arrears among tenants. Rent arrears is pervasive and has reached crisis levels since the pandemic not just in our community, but also in affordable and public housing, impacting thousands of New Yorkers across the five boroughs.
The Network Celebrates May Awareness Months
Jun.01.2023
The Network celebrated May awareness months: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Older Americans Month. In honor of AAPI Month, the Network spotlighted Asian American leaders in supportive housing: Brenda Tong, Deputy Executive Director at New Destiny Housing, Kelsey Louie, CEO of The Door and Lydia Tom, Senior Advisor at Enterprise Community Partners and founder of AAFE. For Mental Health Awareness Month, the Network highlighted the advocacy of Correct Crisis Intervention Today (CCIT)-NYC. Lastly for Older American’s Month, we shared Project FIND’s Senior Center Programs’ participation in the AileyDance for Active Aging class.
All spotlights can be viewed on our Instagram here.
May Community Corner
Jun.01.2023
As we close out Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we hope you can check out this video, detailing the history of a groundbreaking New York nonprofit, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE): https://www.aafe.org/who-we-are/our-history. AAFE started as an activist group calling for construction jobs for Asian American New Yorkers in the face of discrimination. In the 1980s, AAFE became one of the first nonprofit organizations to use Low Income Housing Tax Credits to create affordable housing while revitalizing the Chinatown community. AAFE continues to provide vitally important housing, community development and services in New York City.
The Network Testifies at Two NYC Council Committee Hearings
Jun.01.2023
On May 4th, Network Associate Director of Engagement and Communications Joelle Ballam-Schwan testified at a hearing of the New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Mental Health hearing regarding the Council’s Mental Health Roadmap. Joelle thanked the Council for putting forward a holistic Mental Health Roadmap that calls for targeted investments in the historically underfunded mental health infrastructure and addresses the workforce crisis. She then noted that missing from the roadmap was the 6.5% COLA for the human services sector and urged the council to only expand the City’s mental health pilot, B-HEARD, if significant changes are made to the program, Read the full testimony HERE.
The Network Joins the Human Services Coalition and 6K Human Services Workers to Rally for #JustPay
May.26.2023
On May 25th the Network joined the Human Services Coalition (HSC) alongside over 6,000 human services workers for a #JustPay rally to advocate for a 6.5% COLA for the sector in the City’s final budget. The rally took place as part of HSC’s Day Without Human Services where organizations across the City shut down 30% of their programs to demonstrate solidarity in advocating for the COLA after the administration had been unresponsive to the calls of the sector.