Innovative investment saving homes for New Yorkers with complex trauma
Save Homes Campaign to $500,000, making it possible for families to pay off rent arrears, remain secure in their homes, avoid homelessness, access counseling, keep their children in school (which disrupts intergenerational homelessness) and focus on work and long-term sustainability.
The main driver of NYC homelessness is the more than 1 million New Yorkers (including 350,000 children) in 440,000 households in rental arrears and on the brink of losing their homes. Similar to the 90,000 people already in the shelter system, most identify as people of color and women-headed families account for two-thirds. A majority are living with complex trauma as a result of past child abuse and/or domestic violence. Loss of home and community corrugates their trauma and sets them on a downward spiral of intergenerational poverty and homelessness.
The Partnership’s Save Homes Campaign first removes the crisis and burden of rental arrears, creating the foundation upon which families can engage in culturally-sensitive counseling, support groups and financial empowerment programming, which in turn stabilizes them in their lives and homes long term.
This past year, The Partnership provided more than 5,000 direct services and saved homes for 3,000 New Yorkers.
About The Partnership To End Homelessness
Our values — compassion, inclusion, integrity, professionalism and social justice — steer our strategy, decision-making and operations as we work to achieve our mission of ending homelessness by preventing it.
Women and children of color account for two-thirds of people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Many are living with complex trauma that results from histories of child abuse and domestic violence.
Our Save Homes Campaign is an upstream intervention model that combines housing and crisis services with mental health and well-being programming to prevent people from losing their homes. Our housing program — which provides rental and financial assistance — addresses immediate crises and ensures our clients keep their homes. Thereafter, our mental health and well-being services address the complex trauma our clients endure, providing culturally appropriate mental health care to stabilize clients in their homes long-term.