The Network and its members advocate to preserve and increase capital funding, as well as operating and service funding for supportive housing. The Network also champions policies that make development and operation of supportive housing easier and more effective.
THE STATE OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
The Network released the State of Supportive Housing – a comprehensive overview of the statewide supportive housing landscape. Learn more here.
NYSSHP CAMPAIGN
The Network is leading a campaign urging the State to convert the 9,000 at-risk NYSSHP units to its better funded successor the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) through a five-year, phased-in approach. Learn more here. See our one-pager here.
DOUBLE HHAP FUNDING
Since 1983, the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance’s Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP) has provided capital for supportive housing and emergency shelter. It provides the sole capital funding in small projects in rural areas, gap funding in larger projects, and critical preservation funding. This year the program ran out of funding in the first quarter of the year. Read more here.
ESSHI CAMPAIGN
The Network was also instrumental in winning a commitment from the state in 2016 to create 20,000 units of supportive housing over the next 15 years: the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative, the first long-term commitment to supportive housing outside NYC in history. We are working with our community to ensure the Initiative’s implementation. (For funding opportunities, please search "ESSHI" in our Funding Guide.)
ESSHI RECOMMENDATIONS 2024
The Network and the New York State Association for Affordable Housing have worked over the past year to develop recommendations at the ESSHI halfway mark. We are collectively embarking on joint efforts to see those recommendations considered and implemented by the state. You can find more information here.
STATE TESTIMONY
Read Network testimonies here.
STATE LOBBY DAY
Learn more about the Network's State Lobby Day here.
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