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The Network Releases 2021 Policy Platform
Apr.06.2021
As the 2021 New York City mayoral race heats up, the Network released a supportive housing policy platform, Reinvest, Recover, Revitalize: Supportive Housing Solutions for a Better New York, outlining how the next administration can ensure that supportive housing can meet its true potential to transform lives, end chronic homelessness and help New York rebuild.
Network Statement in Support of Shams DaBaron
Mar.24.2021
The Supportive Housing Network of New York is appalled at the latest installment of the ugly NIMBY battle that has been playing out at the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side since July, when Project Renewal moved shelter residents to the empty hotel to protect them from COVID.
New York State Budget Update: Legislature One House Budgets Released
Mar.17.2021
The NYS Senate and Assembly released their one house budget bills over the weekend. Here is an update on where some of our advocacy priorities landed in both one houses.
Notes from the Field: Vaccinations
Feb.25.2021
The Network recently caught up with three providers – West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing, Concern for Independent Living, and The Fortune Society – to gauge how vaccination roll out was going and what creative solutions they found to address barriers like vaccine hesitancy, mobility and transportation issues, and vaccine access.
Remembering George McDonald
Feb.24.2021
The Network wishes to honor the life and work of supportive housing pioneer and The Doe Fund founder George McDonald. Below are some thoughts from his colleagues at The Doe Fund. This piece was originally published on The Doe Fund website here.
George T. McDonald, Founder of The Doe Fund and its President for 35 years, passed away on January 26th after battling cancer. He was 76 years old.