We connect women and families to housing without preconditions and barriers to entry. Our housing-first approach provides people experiencing homelessness with housing as quickly as possible.
HousingPlus
Opening doors for women
What we do
HousingPlus provides community-based housing and comprehensive services to women, gender diverse people, and their families.
We support them and their children in overcoming poverty, homelessness, addiction, trauma, and the effects of incarceration. Our goal is for the people we support to build lives of stability, realizing goals for themselves and for their families.
Our Programs
Since our start in 2002, HousingPlus has helped hundreds of New York families experiencing homelessness to build stable lives.
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Permanent Supportive HousingRead more
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Justice initiativesRead more
We work in partnership with organizations across New York City to provide an alternative to detention for women at Rikers Island.
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Comprehensive ServicesRead more
Everyone in our permanent housing and justice initiatives receives comprehensive support and case management, including access to counseling, education and employment support, and more.
What’s New
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October 12, 2023Honoring Their Service
Over a decade ago, HousingPlus recognized the unique challenges faced by our brave female veterans, today, we’ve grown to become NYC’s largest provider of permanent housing for these brave women and their families. We’re proud to announce our goal to raise $15k to further enhance supportive services tailored to our veterans. Let’s come together and […]
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April 26, 2023HousingPlus has NYC’s two highest-scoring supportive housing programs
In April 2023, the NYC Continuum of Care released their final scores for Department of Housing and Urban Development funded programs on the NYCCoC annual performance evaluation. Our final scores are 99.5% and 98.1%, the two highest-scoring supportive housing programs out of 163 programs in NYC!
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April 28, 2023HousingPlus’ 3rd Fitness event was a big success!
Our 87 participants totaled over 3 million steps and raised $44,500 for women and families! Congratulations to our winners L+M Development Partners (most team steps), Maricela Ayala (most individual steps), and Gammon Enterprises (most footprints).
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February 9, 2023SHERO’s Liberty House moves to a new location
Nine participants in our SHERO program moved into newly renovated and fully-furnished transitional housing. One such participant said while she has been in a lot of shelters, this is the first place that looked like a home and made her feel valued.
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January 9, 2023The Lowe’s Hometowns project is complete!
Our community room is now ADA-accessible. We are excited to begin hosting tenant gatherings, meetings, and more this spring.
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We're looking for passionate partners to help us in our mission of giving women, children, and gender diverse people the housing, support, and services they need to create better lives. Explore our job openings and join the team.

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