Bonnie Mohan, representing the Health and Housing Consortium, strongly supports the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan as a crucial step in addressing New York City's affordable housing crisis and homelessness issues. She emphasizes the urgent need for more affordable and supportive housing across the five boroughs, citing alarming statistics on homelessness and shelter occupancy.

• Highlights the consortium's role in training over 4,000 frontline workers annually on health and housing issues, with a focus on navigating homeless housing systems
• Stresses that the City of Yes plan is essential for helping New Yorkers at risk of homelessness and those already struggling within the homeless system
• Urges the City Planning Commission to support the plan, describing it as rooted in respect for communities and neighborhoods, and crucial for building a New York City where everyone can thrive

• Strong support for City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
• Affordable and supportive housing is deeply needed across all boroughs
• High numbers of people in shelters, on streets, or in unstable housing situations
• Lack of affordable housing is a primary reason for families entering shelters
• The consortium trains frontline workers on navigating NYC's homeless housing systems
• Current housing vouchers are flawed and often not accepted by landlords
• City of Yes plan is seen as a lifeline for those at risk of or experiencing homelessness
• The plan is rooted in respect for communities and neighborhoods
• Urges the city planning commission to support the plan to help build a New York where everyone can thrive

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