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Sam’s Last Day
Many of you know our Housing-Organizer-turned-Lead-Organizer-turned-Communications-Director Sam J. Miller, who has worked for Picture the Homeless for the past fifteen...
Cluster Site Victory: Homeless People Did That!
Last month, the city revealed that, under threat of eminent domain, it would be purchasing seventeen “cluster site” buildings –...
Fighting for Warehousing Accountability
This morning we stood on the steps of City Hall to call for passage of Intro 226, the “Warehousing Accountability...
Announcing our 2018 DanceGiving Honorees!!
Picture the Homeless is so proud to announce the three fantastic folks we’ll be honoring at #DanceGiving 2018: Hip Hop...
DanceGiving 2018!
We have so much to be proud of, in 2018. We started the year with a victory party on the...
Reportback from our #FreeToPee Campaign Launch!
Photos from today’s #FreeToPee press conference are below; VIDEO is available here. For interviews with participants, contact Sam – 646-314-6423/...
VICTORY: City Abandons Temporary Housing Vouchers… but our work’s not over yet
In a major victory on a fight we’ve been fighting for fourteen years, the New York City Department of Homeless...
How they helped pass the Housing Not Warehousing Act
At last week’s legislative victory party, we asked our members and allies and friends and family and donors: What did...
A Victory Ten Years in the Making: We Passed the Housing Not Warehousing Act!!
On Tuesday, December 19th, we packed the City Council chambers and cheered when the Housing Not Warehousing Act passed. It...
VICTORY: NYC enacts sweeping policy changes demanded by homeless “cluster site” shelter residents!!
In a huge victory for our housing campaign, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that he was taking bold...
Last-minute Twitter rally to PASS THE #HOUSINGNOTWAREHOUSING ACT!!!
Dear Friends and Family of Picture the Homeless, We’re down to the wire. The clock is ticking for the Housing...
Last week we got #HousingNotWarehousing trending. Now let’s keep making noise…
Dear Friends and Family of Picture the Homeless, Thank you to everyone who participated in last week’s Twitter rally in...
THURSDAY, 11AM: Twitter Rally to Pass the Housing Not Warehousing Act
Dear Friends and Family of Picture the Homeless, After years of hard work on the issue of vacant property, our...
Request for Proposals: Graphic Design for Policy Report
PROJECT: Picture the Homeless is finalizing a policy report entitled “The Business of Homelessness,” exposing the huge amount of taxpayer...
The Power of “Good Ideas & Great Organizing:” BIG VICTORY for Community Land Trusts
This op-ed, co-written by PTH member Arvernetta Henry and PTH Communications Director Sam Miller, appeared in City Limits on July...
A Protest & a Party; a Cook-out & a Community Visioning Session
Last Saturday, we gathered on the sidewalk outside of three city-owned lots, vacant since the 1970’s, to highlight neighborhood needs,...
The Business of Homelessness
The Business of Homelessness: Financial & Human Costs of the Shelter-Industrial Complex Homelessness is big business. New York City spends...
NOW HIRING: Community Land Trust & Housing Organizer
Picture the Homeless is hiring! We’re looking for an experienced community organizer to carry forward the pioneering work of our...
PTH Members’ Testimony on NYC Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2018
Jose Rodriguez, Picture the Homeless Testimony to the Committee on Housing and Buildings New York City Council Fiscal Year 2018...
“We Know What We Need” – Bronx Vacancy Visioning Action!
Today, Picture the Homeless and our allies at Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Mothers on the Move, and many more,...
Full Press Release for Today’s Vacancy Visioning Session
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community Residents Hold Sidewalk “Visioning” Session at City-Owned Vacant Lot May 4, 2017 – Community residents, homeless...
“Right now, this lot belongs to the raccoons. But it should belong to us.”
Like countless others across NYC, the City-owned lot at 1390 Stebbins Avenue in the Bronx has been sitting vacant since...
PTH meets with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Yesterday, as part of the #NoCuts Coalition, Picture the Homeless was among the groups that met with U.S. Senator Chuck...
PTH Director Mo George is One of the #Brooklyn100!
Brooklyn Magazine has released their annual #Brooklyn100, a round-up of the most important and exciting cultural influencers in the borough…...