GATEWAY HOUSING - Key Persons
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- With Mayor De Blasio 's Street Homelessness Outreach Workers
The walk started on Grand Street and then, a few blocks later, the outreach team headed north on Allen Street, carefully scanning the area for homeless individuals on a cold and windy Monday morning…
Mayor Bill de Blasio promised homeless youth in early 2017 they would soon gain access to the same housing vouchers their elders get to help them pay rent on their own apartments. Nyella Love is still waiting…
Mayor Bill de Blasio is ordering a "30-day review" of the city's mental health intervention programs and Kendra's Law - which gives judges the power to force mentally ill people to undergo psych treatment - after yet another deeply disturbing attack by a homeless person…
Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his administration's handling of mentally ill people living on the street Tuesday, as police revealed that the man accused of beating four homeless men to death in Chinatown is also suspected of attacking another man a week earlier…
When Mayor Bill de Blasio was elected mayor in 2013, advocates for the homeless saw him as a leader who could bring meaningful change to New York City's affordable-housing crisis…
Mayor Bill de Blasio has had some success in trying to curb a homelessness crisis that has exploded under his watch, but the number of single adults in shelter continues to reach record highs almost every month…
Mayor Bill de Blasio's new approach to the city's homeless crisis is borne of the lessons learned from admitted failures during his first term, but advocates say the city still may not be moving fast enough in the right direction to effect lasting change…
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to build or open 90 new homeless shelters in New York City over the next five years, with the aim of opening 20 new shelters in 2017 and 20 more the following year, vowing slow and incremental progress in tackling the city's homelessness problem…
Mayor Bill de Blasio put it bluntly on Tuesday, saying he could not see an immediate end to New York City's homelessness crisis and that…
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a comprehensive plan to ensure homeless services are delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible with a focus on both preventing vulnerable New Yorkers from becoming homeless…
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Richman Housing Resources ( Chair Emeritus )
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- JRW Strategies ( Chair )
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Richman Housing Resources ( Treasurer )
HRA Commissioner Steve Banks, the City Hall official leading the administration's efforts, discussed Mayor de Blasio's new plan for the homelessness crisis…
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
- President, Gateway Demonstration Assistance Corporation
Ted is the President of Gateway Housing. Prior to Gateway, Ted served as Executive Deputy Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), overseeing the State's housing and community renewal agencies, including the NYS Housing Finance Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation, Affordable Housing Corporation, Division of Housing and Community Renewal, and the State of New York Mortgage Agency.
Previously, Mr. Houghton led the Supportive Housing Network of New York, a member organization of over 200 nonprofit supportive housing providers and developers operating more than 50,000 supportive housing apartments across the state. Ted has also been a writer and policy adviser to government, foundations and nonprofit organizations on housing, mental health, employment and homelessness, and worked for the New York City Department of Homeless Services and the Coalition for the Homeless.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Valley Lodge / WSFSSH at West 108: Gateway has worked with West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing to redevelop their Valley Lodge shelter for homeless seniors into a mixed use residence with transitional housing and permanent affordable and supportive housing and community services onsite. The project closed financing last year and construction is underway to build 110 shelter beds, 198 affordable permanent housing units (including 119 supportive housing apartments), and community facilities that include a healthcare center, office space for a local nonprofit, and new comfort stations for the adjacent playground. Read more about Valley Lodge here.