A new Brooklyn shelter offers unhoused families with kids a chance at more stability
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Media Coverage and official announcements from Westhab, featuring organizational updates, major initiatives, and key milestones
From Shelter To Stability. See Inside Westchester Supportive Housing.
This article, originally published by The Journal News (lohud), highlights Westhab’s supportive housing model and its impact in Yonkers and across the Lower Hudson Valley. Developments like Summit on Hudson combine affordable apartments with on-site services to help residents move from homelessness to stability, but supportive housing faces funding and policy challenges as homelessness rises statewide.
Westhab Closes On Financing to Create 81 Affordable Homes in Haverstraw, Rockland County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Westhab Closes On Financing to Create 81 Affordable Homes in Haverstraw, Rockland County Haverstraw, NY – December 22, 2025 – As New York grapples with a statewide affordable housing crisis, Yonkers-based nonprofit housing developer Westhab, Inc. is partnering with the Village of Haverstraw to turn an underused municipal village parking lot into … Continued
Westhab Opens New Family Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Providing 105 Units of Transitional Housing for Vulnerable Families
Westhab announces the opening of the Fort Greene Family Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The 11-story, 105-unit facility provides transitional housing for some of New York’s most vulnerable families with children.
Westhab awarded a $200,000 grant from Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to Support Children in Shelter
Westhab received a $200,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to expand the Bright Beginnings Program, helping children and caregivers achieve stability, access services, and break homelessness cycles.
Westhab and Vaya Development Close On Financing For La Olazul $81 Million Supportive Housing Development
Financing closed for the construction of La Olazul, a supportive and affordable residential rental building located in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx. The development will reserve 60% of the apartments for formerly homeless residents receiving supportive services and the balance for low-income individuals and families.
$240,000 KeyBank Foundation Grant Brings College and Career Readiness to Dayspring Teens
Westhab and KeyBank Foundation team up to bring college and career readiness to Dayspring teens! With a generous $240,000 grant, the program will create a pipeline to college and careers for low-income students at Dayspring Community Center.
New Westhab Works Program Will Help Put Westchester Residents on the Road to Financial Independence
Westhab contracts with the Westchester Department of Social Services to provide job readiness, placement, and retention services to individuals on public assistance throughout Westchester County.