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Coalition Launched to Address Affordable Housing

NEW YORK CITY-A coalition of civic leaders launched Housing First! yesterday, May 31. The group is an alliance of organizations, institutions, businesses and individuals concerned with stimulating massive new investment in New York City's housing infrastructure.

By Betsy Kraat | Updated on June 01, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-The Reverend Calvin Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church reminded those in attendance at the official launch of Housing First! on the steps of City Hall yesterday, May 31, that the latest economic boom has not meant good times for everyone. The new coalition is a group concerned with affordable housing.

“Boom times for New York’s economy in recent years obscure the fact that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers struggle every day to pay their rent and maintain a roof over their heads,” the Rev Butts said. “Last winter, 26,000 people and children lost that battle each night, seeking refuge in city shelters. The moral outrage of homelessness continues in this time of plenty, reminding us that the city’s housing crisis is severe and unabated,” The city’s housing crisis affects both low- and middle-income families.More than 525,000 families pay more than half their income for rent, andthe vacancy rate for all but the very highest rent levels has decreaseddramatically over the past four years.”

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