Coalition Principles

  1. The Right to Shelter must not be eroded in any way. No human being must ever be relegated to sleeping on the streets.

  2. Families with children in need of shelter must always be provided with safe placements in facilities with private locking rooms.

  3. All three levels of government must work together cooperatively to formulate, fund, and implement practical and humane responses to the current humanitarian crisis.

  4. The influx of asylum seekers and other new arrivals to New York requires a comprehensive statewide decompression and resettlement plan using the full authority and resources of the Governor’s office.

  5. The Right to Shelter is a floor, not a ceiling. The only real answer to homelessness is housing.