Get Help
HSU’s member agencies operate a variety of programs to support New Yorkers who are homeless or experiencing a housing crisis. If you or someone you is at risk of eviction click here to find out how to get help. If you need access to shelter, click here.
Training
HSU promotes professional development opportunities for professionals working with homeless New Yorkers by hosting webinars, and sponsoring symposia, meetings and events to promote best practices in the field. To sign up to receive updates on upcoming trainings, email Jessica Alvarez at JAlvarez@hsunited.org
POLICY AND ADVOCACY :
HSU advocates for expansion of affordable housing and prevention services and for immediate access to safe, decent, emergency and transitional housing, outreach and drop-in services for homeless New Yorkers. Homeless Services United promotes effective solutions to end the crisis of homelessness in New York City.
View our latest Policy Symposium here
Recent Testimony and Policy Statements:
- Memo of Opposition and Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor, Re: Intro 1321-A Requiring Prevailing Wages for Building Services Workers, June 20, 2019
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Finance, Fiscal 2020 Executive Budget, May 23, 2019
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Contracts, Re: Timely Contract Registration and Payment to Nonprofits April 16, 2019
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committees on Finance and General Welfare, Fiscal Year 2020 Preliminary Budget, March 25, 2019
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Re: The Affordable Housing Lottery Process & Intro 1211, January 14, 2019
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on General Welfare, Oversight: Conditions in the DHS Shelter System, December 17, 2018
- Comments to the New York City Human Resources Administration on Proposed Rules for the City FHEPS and Pathway Home Rental Subsidy Programs, August 21, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committees on Contracts and General Welfare, Model Budget Oversight, June 21, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Finance, Executive Budget Fiscal Year 2019, May 24, 2018
- Statement from the Human Services Advancement Strategy Group on the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, April 30, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on General Welfare, Oversight: Supportive Housing & Intro 147, April 24, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on General Welfare, Fiscal Year 2019 Preliminary Budget, March 27, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committees on General Welfare and Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction, Opioid Overdoses Among NYC’s Homeless Population, February 27, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on Youth Services, Youth Access to Shelter Services, February 13, 2018
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committees on General Welfare and Youth Services, Safe Accessible Shelters for Homeless Youth, September 28, 2017
- Comments on the Proposed Amendment to Child Care Services regarding Care for Children in Shelter (Article 47 of the NYC Health Code), July 25, 2017
- Testimony before the City Council Committee on General Welfare, Navigating the Shelter System as a Family with Children, June 27, 2017
- Testimony before the City Council Committee on General Welfare, Progress since the 90-Day review of DHS services, April 20, 2017
- Testimony before the City Council Committee on General Welfare, Preliminary Budget Hearing FY2018, March 27, 2017
- Testimony before the City Council Committees on General Welfare and Housing and Buildings, Oversight- Supportive Housing, January 19, 2017
- Testimony, jointly with the Coalition for Behavioral Health before the City Council Committees on General Welfare and Health on Mental Health Services in the DHS Shelter System, November 21, 2016
- Testimony before the City Council Committees on General Welfare and Health on Medical Health Services in the DHS Shelter System, November 17, 2016
- Testimony before the City Council Committees on General Welfare and Housing and Buildings, Oversight – Three Quarters Housing, October 6, 2016
- Testimony before the City Council Committee on Courts and Legal Services, Right to Counsel, September 26, 2016.
- Comments on HUD’s Proposed Small Area Fair Market RentRegulations, July 29, 2016
- Testimony before the NYC Council Committee on General Welfare, 90 Day Review of Homeless Services, April 21, 2016