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The Network Honored as Nonprofit of the Year
Dec.23.2020
Last week, the Network was honored as the 2020 Nonprofit of the Year by New York Housing Conference at their 47th Annual Awards Program.
The theme of this year’s program was Housing: Critical Response. The Network was celebrated for providing rapid response and clear channels of communication to meet the needs of the supportive housing community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stakeholders and community partners came together to congratulate the Network.
Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing Press Conference Announces Single Adult Homelessness Hits Record High
Dec.14.2020
On December 9th, the Network, Coalition for the Homeless and Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) hosted a Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing press conference to announce that, for the first time ever, the number of single adults in the DHS shelter system had surpassed 20,000.
Westhab’s Dayspring Commons Tops Off in Yonkers
Dec.04.2020
In late November, Westhab topped off their latest project, Dayspring Commons, a 63-unit supportive and affordable development in the Nodine Hill neighborhood of Yonkers. To mark the milestone while heeding public health COVID-19 guidance, a small gathering was held with Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Westhab CEO Rich Nightingale.
December Community Corner: American Policing
Dec.03.2020
This year, after the appalling murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police, the country saw its most sustained protests since the civil rights era as well as calls to #DefundThePolice and #DefundTheNYPD. American Police from NPR’s Throughline tracks the birth and evolution of policing in America, from its roots in “slave patrols” through the KKK to today.
Summer 9% New York State HCR Awards announced
Nov.19.2020
The summer 9% NYS HCR Awards have announced funding an additional 140 units of Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) units. This is the second part of the 2019 awards, representing about 25% of the total for the year, with the next fall 2020 RFP to be released imminently. That, in conjunction with the soon-to-be-announced conditional ESSHI awards promises to complete the first five years and 6,000 units of the governor’s fifteen year commitment to develop 20,000 supportive housing units statewide. The Network, as part of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing is pressing the Governor to include a commitment to the next five years/7,000 units of ESSHI in next year’s budget.