Advocate
Housing Works engages in relentless advocacy in pursuit of our mission to end the dual crises of AIDS and homelessness.
Our clients and staff regularly lobby government officials at New York’s City Hall, in Albany, in Washington, D.C., and at the United Nations. We hold rallies and civil disobedience actions wherever we can have a meaningful impact on pressing issues that affect people living with HIV/AIDS. Our staff attorneys pursue impact litigation that ensures governments, entities and individuals respect the rights of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Housing Works publishes the best AIDS advocacy blog on the web, the AIDS Issues Update. Sign up to get an email each Friday that contains the blogs posted during the week.
Get Educated
Knowledge is power. Learn about our New York City, New York State, National and International advocacy campaigns.
Join the Crowd
Show your commitment to ending homelessness and AIDS by attending our advocacy events. Thanks to everyone who came out for June’s demonstrations at the UN. Our next major gathering will be World AIDS Day, December 1. Check back for more information October 1, 2011.
Recent posts from our blog
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NYC Rent Control Law Faces Supreme Court Threat
Landlords have often tried to sue in court to end the NYC rent stabilization laws, which provide for over 1 million affordable apartments in New York City. But today a lawsuit, Harmon v. Kimmel, is challenging the constitutionality of theses laws, which could result in a …
February 22, 2012
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Judge Blocks Bloomberg’s “Couch Surfing” Policy
A judge today blocked Mayor Bloomberg and DHS Commissioner Seth Diamond’s proposed policy to demand “proof of homelessness” for single adults entering the city shelter system.
The judge ruled in favor of the NYC Council (who brought the lawsuit), on the grounds that City Council …
February 21, 2012
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ADAP Watch: AIDS Drug Wait List Hits 4,329
As of February 16, the wait list to receive lifesaving AIDS medication through the nation’s AIDS Drug Assistance Programs had hit 4,329 people across 12 states.
The number of people waiting to receive medication through state-run AIDS drug programs has increased more than 5,000 percent …
February 20, 2012
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