The Homeless Need Affordable Housing.

Dear Suzannah

The key to fighting – and preventing – homelessness is permanent, affordable housing.

But this week, our biggest resource of affordable homes – rent-stabilized apartments – is in serious jeopardy. Unless Albany acts, the rent laws that protect more than one million families are set to expire in just a few days.

Coalition for the Homeless has joined a growing campaign of tenants groups, labor unions, and policy makers fighting to extend – and strengthen – the rent laws that protect nearly 2.5 million New Yorkers from eviction and arbitrary rent hikes.

Our campaign has momentum, but we don’t have much time. Can you take a moment to email Governor Cuomo?

Go to: http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/rent-laws

With homelessness in New York City already near record levels, letting the rent laws expire would be disastrous. 

But Albany must do more than extend the current laws. Loopholes in the rent laws have allowed hundreds of thousands of apartments to leave the rent stabilization system, costing New York City the affordable homes that are our best weapon for preventing families from becoming homeless.

We’ve seen the effect of these loopholes in the ever-rising numbers of families seeking help in our office. And the loss of affordable homes makes it that much harder to find housing for families struggling to get out of costly shelters.

Please take a moment to contact Governor Cuomo and send a strong message: Renew and strengthen the rent laws now!

Go to: http://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/rent-laws

Then, please forward this email to five New Yorkers you know, and ask them to send a message to Albany, too.

Thanks,

Mary Brosnahan 
Executive Director