We are excited to share some fantastic news: HousingPlus has been selected as a regional finalist for the 2024 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards! As a regional finalist, HP has already been awarded $30,000 and now has a tremendous opportunity to secure up to $350,000 in funding to expand our impact within the New York City community!
HousingPlus volunteer and supporter, photographer Ann Rosen, debuts her exhibit, “Being Seen Part II” on July 8th at the FiveMyles art gallery in Brooklyn—near the Brooklyn Museum. The “Being Seen” series includes photographs of HousingPlus tenants. A portion of sales will directly support HP programs. The exhibit runs through August 13th. We hope you will stop by and view the photographs. For more information please visit: http://fivemyles.org/being-seen-part-ii
Read about HousingPlus’ 20 years of excellence, highlights from our 20th Anniversary, updates on our tenants, Shadequa, and so much more.
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).
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!
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.
Our community room is now ADA-accessible. We are excited to begin hosting tenant gatherings, meetings, and more this spring.
Rev Anne Bovian talks about her experience working with women in the criminal justice system
Rita Zimmer talks with those who helped start HousingPlus programs through the years
Rita Zimmer takes a trip down memory lane of some of HousingPlus’ earliest sites
Our 20th Anniversary was a huge success. Follow the link to read more about our Honorees and the evening’s events.
Rita Zimmer talks about the problems she is trying to solve through HousingPlus and how she got to where she is now.
AARP interviews Rita Zimmer about HousingPlus and how it got started
Education has never been as important as it is right now at HousingPlus. Learn more about the challenges of remote learning and how HousingPlus stepped in.
View our livestreamed movie night from 2021 featuring work of HousingPlus supporters, staff and tenants
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