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Mayor de Blasio during a homeless outreach project event in 2016.

Ted Houghton

Ted Houghton is the President of Gateway Housing, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the homeless shelter system by creating nonprofit-owned, purpose-built transitional residences, with innovative financing methods and service models using evidence-based practices. Ted was previously the Executive Deputy Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) from 2014 to 2015 and the Executive Director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Success of Mayor’s Housing Plan Proves We Can Do More for Homeless NYers

By Ted Houghton and Brendan Cheney | September 9, 2019

Mayor de Blasio recently announced producing record numbers of units for homeless New Yorkers as part of his affordable housing plan. But critics say it is still not enough. Both are right.