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. See the 2025 report here. See the 2024 report 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.
DOUBLE HHAP FUNDING
While the recently passed state budget did not double HHAP funding, it did include an additional $25million to preserve existing units, prioritizing those residences that are dependent on NYSSHP for services. Read more here as to the need to dramatically increase HHAP funding.
ESSHI CAMPAIGN
The Network was thrilled to see major increases in rates for the 2016 Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative, which promised to create 20,000 units of supportive housing in 15 years and was the first long-term commitment to supportive housing outside NYC in history. The recently passed state budget raised rate in the NYC Metro area (which includes Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam and Rockland Counties) to $34,000 per unit and to $31,000 per unit in the balance of state.
ESSHI RECOMMENDATIONS 2024
In 2024, The Network and the New York State Association for Affordable Housing developed policy recommendations for improving ESSHI.
For an analysis of the State budget’s implications for supportive housing see HERE.
STATE TESTIMONY
Read Network testimonies here.
STATE LOBBY DAY
Learn more about the Network's State Lobby Day here.
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