Alternative Housing Resources

Agencies  |  Low Income  |  Disabled  |  Seniors

Common Ground
Common Ground is a pioneer in the development of supportive housing and other research-based practices that end homelessness. Common Ground’s network of well designed, affordable apartments — linked to the services people need to maintain their housing, restore their health, and regain their economic independence — has enabled more than 4,000 individuals to overcome homelessness.
commonground.org; 212.389.9300.

Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities
To improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities, to protect their rights, and to advocate for needed changes by:
› Promoting the development of laws, policies and practices that advance the inclusion of all persons with disabilities into the rich fabric of our society;
› Enhancing the availability and use of assistive technology for persons with disabilities;
› Ensuring and furthering programmatic and fiscal accountability within the State’s mental hygiene system;
› Providing person-specific and systemic investigative, educational and advocacy services; and
› Offering impartial and informed training, technical assistance, advice and recommendations on disability issues to government officials, program operators, individuals with disabilities, their families and advocates, and the public-at-large.
www.cqcapd.state.ny.us/default.htm; 800.624.4143.

Institute for Community Living
The Institute for Community Living, Inc. (ICL) is a not-for-profit organization that began in 1986 by assuming sponsorship of a 150-bed residential program serving people with serious mental illness in Brooklyn.
iclinc.net; 212.385.3030.

Pathways to Housing
Founded in 1992, Pathways to Housing, a not-for-profit organization, works with individuals who have been turned away from other programs because of active substance use/abuse, refusal to participate in psychiatric treatment, histories of violence or incarceration, or other behavioral problems. Currently over 500 individuals in New York City receive permanent housing and are served by seven interdisciplinary Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Teams located in: Queens, Brooklyn, East Harlem, West Harlem, and in Mt. Vernon serving Westchester County.
www.pathwaystohousing.org; 212.289.0000.

Corporation for Supportive Housing
CSH helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness.
csh.org; 212.986.2966.

Project Renewal
Project Renewal's mission is to renew the lives of homeless men and women in New York City. We focus our efforts on the neediest and least-served of the city's indigent population - men and women who, in addition to being without a home, cope with mental illness and/or addiction to drugs or alcohol. Project Renewal is the only organization in New York that provides everything homeless people need to move from the streets to independent living.
projectrenewal.org; 212.620.0340.

Community Access, Inc.
Community Access assists people with psychiatric disabilities make the transition from shelters and institutions to independent living. We provide safe, affordable housing and support services, and we advocate for the rights of people to live without fear or stigma.
communityaccess.net; 212.780.1400.

Sinergia, Inc.
Our mission is to enhance the well being of individuals and families through the human services delivery system(s), with particular concentration on those "special populations" that have traditionally experienced difficulty in accessing human services. Those "special populations" include, without limitation, persons with disabilities, disadvantaged, Latino, African American, Native American and or migrant. Sinergia has a reputation for decades of working with "underserved families, many with limited English proficiency, African American, homeless and families experiencing poverty. sinergiany.org; 212.643.2840.

The Supportive Housing Network of New York
The Supportive Housing Network of New York represents over 170 nonprofit organizations that develop and operate supportive housing across the state. With offices in New York City and Albany, the Network is the only supportive housing membership organization in New York State. It is the voice of the provider community that has created by far the largest, best-managed and most innovative supportive housing stock in the nation. shnny.org; 646.619.9640.