Last month, the city revealed that, under threat of eminent domain, it would be purchasing seventeen “cluster site” buildings –...
Archive for category: Housing
Fighting for Warehousing Accountability
This morning we stood on the steps of City Hall to call for passage of Intro 226, the “Warehousing Accountability...
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...
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...

PRESS STATEMENT: Homeless Response to de Blasio Proposal to Open 90 More Shelters
Today, Mayor de Blasio unveiled a long-anticipated “plan” to deal with homelessness, which calls for the opening of ninety more...

Confronting the Mayor on the Radio
Last week, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he’d be releasing a new plan to deal with homelessness. But when...

NYC Mayor to Release Homelessness Plan Created Without Homeless Input – HOMELESS PEOPLE RESPOND!
Last week Mayor de Blasio announced that he would be releasing a new plan to fight homelessness, the third such...

Homeless People Respond: GOP Bill to Gag Federal Agencies from Discussing Racial Housing Disparities
Latest news from the Department of Oh Hell No: House Bill #482, just introduced into Congress, is an attempt by...

We’re starting 2017 with a huge housing victory.
Since 2004, members of Picture the Homeless have been fighting for community land trusts (CLTs). We believe that this model...

2016: The Year in Struggle
Homeless people won some incredible victories in 2016. By coming together and fighting collectively, the members of Picture the Homeless...

HATE KILLS: Join us 12/21 for our Homeless Memorial Service
On December 21st, the longest night of the year, Picture the Homeless holds a memorial service for all the homeless...
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