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Effective Solutions to Immediately Address New York’s Statewide Homelessness Crisis

January 29, 2025

To solve homelessness, it is vital to tackle the interconnected eviction and affordability crises. There are countless rent-burdened households that are one paycheck away from homelessness and struggling to afford rising living costs. According to the NY State Unified Court System, this housing insecurity has led to 179,648 active eviction cases throughout New York as of December 2024. The lack of programs outside of NYC to pay back arrears or rapidly rehouse people after an eviction means more and more people are spending years of their lives in a perpetual state of homelessness. 

The VOCAL-NY Homelessness Union consists of community members currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, and it fights to end the homelessness crisis and to win a guarantee of housing for all New Yorkers. New York politicians must build on the historic housing package passed in 2024 by enacting and fully funding immediate solutions to homelessness in the 2025 legislative session. The following solutions are investments that will create pathways out of homelessness and provide stability for many communities.

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