Homes for the Homeless

Homes for the Homeless (HFH) is a 501(c)3 private, non-profit organization which provides housing and employment training for families and homeless people in New York City. It was founded in 1986 through a collaboration with Leonard N. Stern, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the city of New York.[citation needed] Homes for the Homeless has adopted a family-based, child-centered, education-focused approach to its programming that aims to break the cycle of poverty, foster positive identities, and promote future success while allowing kids to grow, experience, and learn as kids do.[1]

During the period 1986 to 1991, the organization sheltered hundreds of families in New York in some of the largest homeless shelters in the United States.[2][3]

As of 2019, the group continues maintain smaller homeless shelters, under contract from the City, in the Bronx and Queens.[4][5] [6][7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Nyc, Hfh. "Our Approach". Homes for the Homeless NYC. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
2. ^ (State), New York. "McCain v. Dinkins, Records and Briefs.: 84 NY2D 216, RECORD part 22". New York Court of Appeals. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
3. ^ DaCosta Nunez, Ralph (2004). Homes for the Homeless (Organization) (ed.). A shelter is not a home-- or is it?: lessons from family homelessness in New York City. White Tiger Press. ISBN 9780972442503. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
4. ^ Parascandola, Rocco (January 3, 2018). "Newborn boy residing in Queens shelter dies". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
5. ^ Williams, Zach (July 30, 2019). "A community coalition arises from a mass shooting in Brooklyn: And other updates from across the state. New York City's Department of Homeless Services gave out a bevy of contracts in recent days". NYN Media. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
6. ^ Parry, Bill (August 6, 2019). "Police commissioner pays a surprise visit to southeast Queens homeless family shelter during Family Safety Day". Queens.com. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
7. ^ Bruinius, Harry (October 31, 2019). "Books on wheels: When the library comes to the homeless shelter". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved November 20, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Homes for the Homeless Official Site

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* NYC Department of Buildings
* NYC Department of Homeless Services
* NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
* NYC Housing Authority
* NYC Housing Authority Police Department
* NYC Loft Board
* NYPD Housing Bureau
* New York State Legislature

Legislation|

| New York
State|

* Rent regulation in New York
* Callahan v. Carey
* Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019
* Mitchell–Lama Housing Program
* New York State Tenement House Act (Old Law Tenement, New Law Tenement)

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New York
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* 421-a tax exemption
* 1982 Loft Law
* 2009 Loft Law Amendment
* Article 7A (New York City housing code)
* Local Law 45 of 1976
* Local Law 97 of 2019
* Self-Certification (New York City Department of Buildings)
* Uniform Land Use Review Procedure

Non-/
governmental
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* Ali Forney Center
* Asian Americans for Equality
* Association for a Better New York
* Breaking Ground
* The Bowery Mission
* Citizens Housing and Planning Council
* Crown Heights Tenant Union
* Homes for the Homeless
* Housing Works
* Metropolitan Council on Housing
* Movement for Justice in el Barrio
* Open New York
* Palladia (social services organization)
* Picture the Homeless
* Real Estate Board of New York
* Rent Is Too Damn High Party
* Sanctuary for Families
* Urban Homesteading Assistance Board

Squatting and
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* 519 East 11th Street
* ABC No Rio
* C-Squat
* Charas/El Bohio
* Dos Blockos
* Freedom Tunnel
* Gowanus Batcave
* Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
* Operation Move-In
* Umbrella House

Housing rights
activists|

* Frances Goldin
* Florence M. Rice
* Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes
* Jesse Gray
* Joseph DeFilippis
* Mitch Snyder
* Pauline Newman
* Rosanne Haggerty
* Stanley M. Isaacs

Media|

* City Limits
* Dark Days (film)
* How the Other Half Lives
* Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992–2000
* One-Third of a Nation
* Project Lives
* Rent (musical)
* The City We Became

Events|

* 1839-1845 Anti-Rent War
* 1904 New York City Rent Strike
* 1907 New York City Rent Strike
* 1918-20 New York City rent strikes

See also|

* Homelessness in New York
* Involuntary hospitalization of Joyce Brown
* New York City housing shortage

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International|

* VIAF

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* Czech Republic

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