Subcommittee on the Capital Budget Testimony
May.27.2020
Network Executive Director Laura Mascuch, along with a number of our member agencies, testified about proposed cuts to HPD’s capital budget at the City Council Subcommittee on Capital Budget and Finance hearing May 21st.
Continue Reading …Doctors Without Borders Partners with the Network and Our Members
May.06.2020
During COVID-19, Doctors Without Borders (DWB) has been partnering with supportive housing providers across the city to extend advice on infection protection and control and isolation strategies, to think through safety protocols for symptomatic tenants and to field other heath related questions.
Continue Reading …Provider Letter to Speaker Johnson & Chair Miller
May.04.2020
The Network partnered with fellow social service coalitions and supportive housing providers to advocate for nonprofit and worker-friendly changes to recent city council legislation surrounding essential workers. In a letter to Speaker Johnson and Chair Miller, the Network and partners urged City Council to consider the impact these bills would have on nonprofits, citing that the proposed legislation could hamper service delivery to New York’s highest risk populations in this challenging time.
HPD Occupancy Guidelines Update
Feb.10.2020
In August, HPD updated the occupancy standards in the HPD Marketing Handbook to increase the number of household members allowed per unit size by one person. Additionally, the occupancy guidelines no longer assume that two married or similarly committed people share a bedroom.
Continue Reading …NYC Indirect Cost Rate Updates
Dec.19.2019
As we have shared previously, human services nonprofits are now able to begin the process of claiming their true indirect cost rates (ICR) on their NYC contracts.
Continue Reading …2019 Tenant of the Year Breakfast
Dec.11.2019
Tenants who’d been nominated as 2019 Supportive Housing Tenants of the Year gathered with the caseworkers who’d nominated them for the Network’s annual Award Breakfast December 3rd, which was held at HELP USA’s Genesis Residence.
Continue Reading …Network Hosts HCR and Legal Aid Society For Session on Recent Rent Law Reforms
Nov.26.2019
This past month, the Network held a convening for NYC scattered site providers to learn about how the recently passed rent law reforms will impact nonprofit providers and tenants living in scattered site apartments.
Continue Reading …Concern for Independent Living Opens Surf Vets Place in Coney Island
Nov.25.2019
On the gorgeous, breezy morning of Nov. 20th, a crowd of supporters gathered near the Coney Island shoreline to celebrate Concern for Independent Living and Georgica Green Venture’s opening of Surf Vets Place. State and city elected officials, community board members, funding partners and other Concern staff sat in a bright community room to applaud the beautiful new apartment building, which includes 82 supportive units for formerly homeless veterans.
“This is the most beautiful affordable development in all of Coney Island!” said Council Member Mark Treyger representing District 47. He emphasized that the ribbon-cutting was not simply for a building, “but for the dignity and respect that is owed to our veterans.” He ended his remarks by saying “This is a game-changer for the Coney Island community.”
Continue Reading …Ability to Claim Indirect Cost Rates Now Available to NYC Nonprofits
Nov.18.2019
New York City released the Indirect Entryway system on November 18th, allowing health and human services nonprofits with City contracts to claim their actual indirect cost rates.
Continue Reading …Gov. Cuomo Announces Conditional Awards of ESSHI Round Four
Nov.18.2019
On November 18th, Governor Cuomo announced the fourth round of conditional awards for the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI). The awards went to 108 nonprofit agencies totaling 161 projects across the state. Seventy-five percent of the recipients are members of the Supportive Housing Network of NY.
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