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About FHC

The Family Homelessness Coalition is comprised of 20 organizations representing service and housing providers and children’s advocacy organizations united by the goal of launching a coordinated, collaborative, multi-agency effort focused on preventing family homelessness, improving the well-being of children and families in shelters, and supporting the long-term stability of families with children who leave shelter.

Our Latest Reports

The coalition periodically publishes large reports on family homelessness. See the latest reports below.

FHC FY Recommendations

FHC Policy Platform

A Call To Action

FHC Initiatives

  • Strengthen prevention and post-shelter services for at-risk families

    • Provide homelessness prevention services for families at risk of homelessness and for homeless families leaving shelters by developing neighborhood-based services
    • Expand rapid rehousing to help domestic violence survivors remain safely in place or move quickly to permanent housing
    • Improve public awareness of and access to information about housing resources and services

  • Promote child and family well-being when shelter is unavoidable

    • Ensure educational stability for homeless children by quickly arranging transportation to school and increasing the number of Bridging the Gap social workers in public schools
    • Ensure that homeless parents and very young children receive needed supports including home visiting, early intervention, child care, and connections to after-school and summer programming
    • Train shelter staff in trauma-informed care and ensure all policies and procedures are aligned with a trauma-lens
    • Improve the living environment and access to services for families in hotels by addressing the need for nutritious food, recreation, social supports, and clean laundry

  • Create more permanent housing resources for homeless children and their families

    • Develop a long-term project-based rent subsidy for HPD homeless set-aside units
    • Support a State rent subsidy program for very low-income families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
    • Increase the number of units set aside for homeless families in all projects receiving City rental subsidies, capital funding, land, zoning bonuses, and/or tax abatements and exemptions
    • Develop a service-enriched permanent housing model for vulnerable homeless families who are ineligible for NYC 15/15 supportive housing

Members of the Steering Committee of the Family Homelessness Coalition

The Family Homelessness Coalition is comprised of 20 organizations representing service and housing providers and children’s advocacy organizations united by the goal of launching a coordinated, collaborative, multi-agency effort focused on preventing family homelessness, improving the well-being of children and families in shelters, and supporting the long-term stability of families with children who leave shelter.