Homelessness Prevention, Supportive Housing and Social Services
Bailey House, Inc.
275 Seventh Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 633-2500
Fax: (212) 633-2932
E-mail: info@baileyhouse.org
Internet: www.baileyhouse.org
Bailey House provides housing and comprehensive services to people living with HIV/AIDS. All of Bailey House’s residential clients are referred to Bailey House through the New York City HIV/AIDS Service Administration (HASA).
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services, Inc.
105 Carlton Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Phone: (718) 625-4545
Fax: (718) 625-0635
Internet: www.bchands.org
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services (BCHS) provides housing and supportive social services to New York City's formerly homeless population. BCHS is a multi-program agency, offering transitional and permanent housing to over 300 residents, as well as mental health support services.
Center for Urban Community Services
120 Wall Street, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 801-3300
Fax: (212) 635-2191
E-mail: cucsinfo@cucs.org
Internet: www.cucs.org
The Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) provides comprehensive, effective housing and service programs for homeless and low-income people, particularly those suffering from serious mental illness, HIV/AIDS, and other disabling conditions. CUCS also works to improve public policy affecting the homeless and dispossessed. CUCS currently sponsors seven supportive housing facilities, two transitional living communities, an outreach program and drop-in center, a job training and employment program, and a training, consultation, and housing information services department.
Centro Hispano "Cuzcatlan"
148-13 Hillside Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11435
Phone: (718) 298-5083
Fax: (718) 298-6946
Centro Hispano “Cuzcatlan” is a Queens-based organization that assists immigrants from Central and South America in a variety of areas, including housing and landlord-tenant issues.
Coalition for the Homeless
129 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 776-2000
Fax: (212) 964-1303
Email: info@cfthomeless.org
Internet: www.coalitionforthehomeless.org
Coalition for the Homeless is an advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women, and children. Its Rental Assistance Program helps single adults and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless bridge the gap between their incomes and the cost of affordable apartments, by providing temporary monthly rental stipends. The Coalition also manages housing programs that provide permanent housing and support services to women, men and families, including the Scattered Site Housing Program, which provides supportive housing to homeless individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS.
Common Ground Community
14 East, 28th Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 471-0815
Fax: (212) 471-0825
E-mail: info@commonground.org
Internet: www.commonground.org
Common Ground Community is a non-profit housing and community development organization whose mission is to solve homelessness. Common Ground provides comprehensive support services, including access to medical and mental health care and job training and placement, designed to help people regain lives of stability and independence.
Community Access
666 Broadway, Third Floor
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 780-1400
Fax: (212) 780-1412
Internet: www.communityaccess.org
Community Access is a not-for-profit agency that helps people with psychiatric disabilities make the transition from shelters and hospitals to independent living. Community Access provides safe, affordable housing and support services.
Community Service Society of New York
105 East 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 254-8900
Email: info@cssny.org
Internet: www.cssny.org
The Community Service Society of New York is an independent, nonprofit organization that for more than 150 years has helped New Yorkers in need to defeat the problems of poverty and strengthen community life for all. Programs include the Tenant Advocacy Project, a new venture to address New York’s affordable housing crisis, with the specific objectives of helping more people benefit from available federal housing programs, resolving tenant problems, and preventing eviction and homelessness.
Cooper Square Committee
61 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 228-8210
Fax: (646) 602-2260
E-mail: CoopersquareComm@aol.com
Internet: www.coopersquare.org
The Cooper Square Committee provides free housing services to area residents, including eviction prevention counseling, housing organizing assistance, tenant issues advice, and assistance in applying for New York City low- and moderate-income housing programs.
Corporation for Supportive Housing
50 Broadway, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 986-2966
Fax: (212) 986-6552
E-mail: ny@csh.org
Internet: www.csh.org
Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national organization that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. CSH works towards its goal of making supportive housing understood, available, and effective by providing high-quality advice and development expertise, by making loans and grants to supportive housing sponsors, by strengthening the supportive housing industry, and by reforming public policy to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing.
The Doe Fund
232 East 84th Street
New York, NY 10028
Phone: (212) 628-5207
Fax: (212) 249-5589
Internet: www.doe.org
The Doe Fund is a New York based non-profit organization whose mission is to help formerly homeless men achieve lives of independence and self-sufficiency. The Doe Fund provides transitional and permanent housing opportunities through a variety of programs including the Scatter Site Housing Program, A Better Place, and the Peter Jay Sharp Residence.
DOROT
171 West 85th Street
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 769-2850
E-mail: info@dorotusa.org
Internet: www.dorotusa.org
DOROT is a not-for-profit, multi-service agency that provides support to homebound and homeless elders. DOROT's Homelessness Prevention Program provides homeless elders with transitional housing in a friendly and supportive environment. Residents receive assistance in obtaining benefits and entitlements and in relocating to affordable, permanent housing. Residents also receive life skills training and counseling aimed at maintaining a stable existence following a return to the community.
Eviction Intervention Services
150 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 308-2210
Fax: (212) 888-7140
E-mail: eisny@aol.com
Internet: www.eisny.org
Eviction Intervention Services prevents homelessness by keeping residents in their communities, preserving existing affordable housing, and promoting and supporting the construction of affordable housing for low income families. Programs and services include legal aid/elder advocacy, legal clinics with housing attorneys, tenant workshop trainings, and social services assistance.
Forest Hills Community House
108-25 62nd Drive
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (718) 592-5757
Fax: (718) 592-2933
Internet: www.fhch.org/housing.htm
The Forest Hills Community House is a settlement house founded to assist, strengthen, and help improve the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities. The Forest Hills Community House works in fourteen program areas, including housing and homelessness prevention. This program provides assistance to tenants and property owners with housing-related problems, conducts educational workshops, and assists tenants facing eviction.
Friends House in Rosehill
130 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 995-5000
Fax: (212) 995-5317
Internet: www.rosehill.org
Friends House in Rosehill is a Quaker-sponsored, supportive residence for people living with AIDS. Friends House in Rosehill provides its residents with cost-effective, affordable and permanent housing and with support services, including meals, nutritional counseling, clinical supervision, individual case management, substance abuse counseling, and home health care.
Goddard-Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 873-6600
Fax: (212) 595-6498
Internet: www.goddard.org
Goddard Riverside Community Center is one of New York City’s leading human service organizations, with 22 programs at 16 sites on the Upper West Side and in West Harlem. Program areas include: children, youth and families; homeless people; older adults; and advocacy and tenant assistance. Goddard Riverside also develops and manages affordable housing, and provides social services to homeless people, with a focus on adults with severe and persistent mental illness, including mentally ill chemically addicted individuals.
Good Old Lower East Side
169 Avenue B
New York, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 358-1231
Fax: (212) 358-1241
E-mail: info@goles.org
Internet: www.goles.org
Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. (GOLES) serves residents of the East Side of Manhattan from 14th Street to Delancey Street. GOLES staff provides free assistance to neighborhood residents in the areas of eviction prevention, tenant organizing, assistance with housing court, and dissemination of information on housing and entitlement services.
HANAC Inc.
49 West 45th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 840-8005
Fax: (212) 840-8384
E-mail: info@hanac.org
Internet: www.hanac.org
HANAC Inc., is a non-profit multi-funded, citywide organization that services local community residents. Through Northwest Queens Housing, it provides tenant assistance, housing rehabilitation and development, and homeownership counseling. The Archbishop Iakovos Senior Residence provides supportive housing for seniors.
HELP USA
5 Hanover Square, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 400-7000
Fax: (212) 400-7005
Internet: www.helpusa.org
HELP USA is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to help those who are homeless and others in need become and remain self-reliant. HELP USA is the nation's largest non-profit builder, developer and operator of transitional housing with comprehensive, on-site human services for the homeless and low-income individuals. HELP USA operates fourteen housing facilities in the New York metropolitan area.
Housing Conservation Coordinators, Inc.
500 West 52nd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 541-5996
Fax: (212) 541-5966
Internet: www.hcc-nyc.org
Housing Conservation Coordinators is a tax-exempt not-for-profit organization based in the Hell's Kitchen/Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan, focused on preserving safe, decent, and affordable housing. Services include legal representation in Housing Court, organizing tenants to improve living conditions, installing energy efficient systems, and teaching training courses.
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources, Inc.
751 Dawson Street
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: (718) 742-7669
Fax: (718) 742-7672
Internet: www.hogar-inc.org
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources (H.O.G.A.R.) was incorporated to assist the elderly, seriously mentally ill adults, the homeless, people living with ADIS and the physically challenged by promoting and providing quality housing and services in a rehabilitative environment. The organization’s goal is to restore an individual’s ability for independent living.
Housing Works, Inc.
57 Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (347) 473-7400
Fax: (347) 473-7464
Internet: www.housingworks.org
Housing Works is a minority-controlled, community-based, not-for-profit corporation providing housing, health care, advocacy, job training, and vital supportive services to homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. Its mission is to reach the most vulnerable and under served among those affected by the AIDS epidemic in New York City and provide them with a comprehensive range of services designed to help them gain stability, independence, and dignity, and improve their overall health. Housing Works has housed over 2,500 individuals and provided one-time or ongoing services for an additional 5,000.
Margert Community Corporation
325 Beach 37th Street
Far Rockaway, NY 11691-1510
Phone: (718) 471-3724
Fax: (718) 471-5342
Internet: www.margert.org
Margert Community Corporation is a nonprofit, community-based housing organization that provides assistance to low- and moderate-income tenants and homeowners, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Programs include affordable housing development, tenant and homeowner counseling, and homebuyer education.
Metropolitan Council on Housing
339 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 979-0611
Internet: metcouncil.net
Metropolitan Council on Housing (Met Council) is a city-wide membership tenant organization. Met Council's monthly newspaper, Tenant/Inquilino, covers issues of interest to tenants. Met Council also provides telephone advice to tenants.
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
80 Maiden Lane, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-453-9500
Fax: 212-453-9600
Internet : metcouncil.brinkster.net
Met Council represents and coordinates the efforts of grass roots Jewish Community Councils and citywide and national Jewish organizations. It advocates for the needs of poor Jews, mainly the isolated Jewish poor and elderly, and increasing public recognition of the extent and nature of poverty among Jews through legislative and social advocacy. Met Council is dedicated to the alleviation of social, economic, housing, and related problems of the Jewish poor, working poor, elderly and recent immigrants in the New York City area, Met Council delivers needed services to thousands every day.
Nazareth Housing
519 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 777-1010
Fax: (212) 777-1867
Internet: www.nazarethhousing.com
Nazareth Housing serves homeless families and those at risk of homelessness by providing temporary shelter and support services. Nazareth helps families to find or keep permanent housing and to establish economic independence.
Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corporation
2523 Olinville Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467
Phone: (718) 231-9800
Fax: (718) 231-9898
Internet: www.nidcny.org
Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corporation (NIDC) is a nonprofit organization serving the residents, property owners and businesses of Community Board 11 in the northeast Bronx. Its programs include housing preservation and stabilization efforts, crime prevention initiatives, commercial revitalization activities, and education and job training. NIDC works with both tenants and building owners to address a broad variety of housing issues. Its programs include tenant counseling services, assistance and representation in Housing Court cases, tenants’ rights education, and building owner information and assistance.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
443 39th Street, Room 202
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Phone: (718) 686-7946
Fax: (718) 686-7948
Email: info@nhnhome.org
Internet: www.nhnhome.org
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc. (NHN) is a Sunset Park-based organization serving tenants, homebuyers, and owners of small properties and small businesses. NHN's mission is to enable low- and moderate-income people to build assets for their families and Brooklyn communities by securing, improving and owning their homes and businesses. NHN’s programs help low-income tenants retain and improve their homes and provide assistance with purchasing affordable first homes and with home repairs.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
76 Wadsworth Avenue
New York, NY 10033
Phone: (212) 822-8300
Fax: (212) 928-4180
Internet: www.nmic.org
The Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation provides housing programs aimed at minimizing evictions and maximizing improvements to the housing stock, as well as employment and social services to residents. Programs include community organizing and housing development, such as the renovation of buildings and the creation of the Lead-Safe House, a temporary residence where families with children poisoned by peeling lead paint can live while their own apartments are being renovated.
Palladia, Inc.
10 Astor Place, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 979-8800
Fax: (212) 979-0100
E-mail: info@palladiainc.org
Internet: www.palladiainc.org
Palladia is one of the largest not-for-profit, multi-service agencies in New York, helping individuals and families whose problems stem from substance abuse, homelessness, HIV, mental illness, and domestic violence. Palladia services include residential treatment, shelter services, permanent housing, and outpatient and transitional treatment.
The Partnership for the Homeless
305 Seventh Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10001-6008
Phone: (212) 645-3444
Fax: (212) 477-4663
E-mail: pfth@pfth.org
Internet: www.partnershipforthehomeless.org
The mission of The Partnership for the Homeless is to partner with the faith community, neighborhood-based organizations, business, and government to attack the root causes of homelessness and empower homeless people to secure permanent housing and reach the highest level of independence possible. Programs include a Family Resource Center, providing services to families leaving the city’s shelter system; the Workforce Development program, helping homeless and formerly homeless adults prepare for living-wage jobs; and the Education Rights Project, providing support and educational advocacy for newly homeless families with school-age children.
Picture the Homeless
2427 Morris Avenue
2nd Floor
Bronx, NY 10468
Phone: 646-314-6423
Email: info@picturethehomeless.org
Internet: http://www.picturethehomeless.org/
Picture the Homeless was founded by two homeless men in November of 1999, Lewis Haggins and Anthony Williams who were both residing in Bellevue Men’s Shelter. Since their founding , they have grown to a membership of over 1,000 homeless New Yorkers living on the streets, and in the shelter system. Picture the Homeless was founded on the principle that in order to end homelessness, people who are homeless must become an organized, effective voice for systemic change.
Project FIND
160 West 71st Street, Suite 2F
New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 874-0300
Fax: (212) 724-4163
Internet: www.projectfind.org/
Project FIND, established in 1967 by the National Council on Aging, focuses on providing low- and moderate- income and homeless older adults on Manhattan's West Side with the basic support and services they need to enrich the quality of their lives and live independently.
Project Hospitality
100 Park Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10302
Phone: (718) 448-1544
Fax: (718) 720-5476
E-mail: info@projecthospitality.org
Internet: www.projecthospitality.org
Project Hospitality, a private not-for-profit organization based in Staten Island provides comprehensive services for hungry, homeless, and inadequately housed people, especially those who are living with multiple diagnoses such as HIV, substance use, and/or mental illness. As the only comprehensive homeless service provider in the borough of Staten Island, Project Hospitality serves more than 5,000 Staten Island residents each year.
The Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc.
217 Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Phone: (718) 821-0254
Fax: (718) 417-9056
E-mail: rbscc@rbscc.org
Internet: www.rbscc.org
The Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc. (RBSCC) is a non-profit senior service provider in the Ridgewood and Bushwick communities that provides an array of social services to residents of all ages within the Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Ridgewood, Glendale, and surrounding communities. RBSCC has also developed and constructed affordable housing for the elderly featuring social services.
Services for the Underserved
305 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 633-6900
Fax: (212) 633-8371
E-mail: Info@susnyc.org
Internet: www.susnyc.org
Services for the Underserved (SUS) provides residential and support services to individuals with special needs in New York City. SUS operates residence facilities and scattered-site apartments and provides social services.
Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc.
61 West 87th Street, Lower Level
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 874-7272
Fax: (212) 874-2730
E-mail: info@stryckersbay.org
Internet: www.stryckersbay.org
Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council assists low-income residents of the Upper West Side by preventing homelessness through eviction prevention; educating tenants about their rights and about HUD Fair Housing practices; securing and preserving affordable housing for low-income families and individuals; ensuring that eligible households secure the entitlements they need; and assisting youth in becoming better learners.
Supportive Housing Network of New York
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 250
New York, NY 10115
Phone: (212) 870-3303
Fax: (212) 870-3334
Internet: www.shnny.org
The Supportive Housing Network of New York (the Network) represents the statewide supportive housing community of over 160 non-profit organizations that have developed and operate over 26,000 units of safe, affordable housing with on-site services. The Network provides advocacy, resources, public education, technical assistance and the promotion of effective practices to strengthen and expand supportive housing statewide.
Urban Pathways, Inc.
575 Eighth Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 736-7385
Fax: (212) 736-1388
Internet: www.urbanpathways.org
Urban Pathways provides food, shelter and support services to 8,800 homeless women and men each year, through outreach, drop-in centers and transitional and permanent supportive housing programs. Its residences provide supportive housing for mentally ill, formerly homeless individuals.
West Harlem Group Assistance
1652 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Phone: (212) 862-1399
Fax: (212) 862-3281
Internet: www.whgainc.org
West Harlem Group Assistance is made up of several organizations including West Harlem Group, Harlem’s oldest and largest community development organization, the Harriet Tubman Family Living Center (HTFLC), a one hundred unit transitional housing facility providing temporary housing for homeless families displaced by fires, building condemnations, disasters, or evictions, and the Convent Avenue Family Living Center, a transitional housing facility for homeless families sponsored by HPD and NYC Dept. of Homeless Services.