Brooklyn Community Housing & Services

Our Pathways to Home Gala is only two weeks away! Join us for an inspiring evening all in support of ending homelessness. We are proud to honor Richard Greenspan, BCHS’ Vice Chair and Founder of Cara Squared, for his commitment to our community.
Tickets and sponsorships are available at bchands.org/2026gala

Hoppy faces of the past for 🐰

Our 2016 Easter celebration was tons of fun with painting seasonal crafts, an egg hunt, and treats for everyone. Stay tuned for highlights from our celebration 10 years later! 🐰

Spring is almost here 🌷Shop our Amazon wish list to help our residents prepare for the change of season: https://bit.ly/47GsuY8

Save the date for our Pathways to Home Gala on Wednesday, May 20 at the Brooklyn Museum for a vibrant night of cocktails, connection, and purpose. Secure your spot today: https://bchands.org/2026gala

Recently, our CEO Jeff Nemetsky was honored as one of City and State NY's Responsible 100! Jeff has been a staunch advocate and mentor throughout his career. Thank you for your impact!

Save Supportive Housing! 🏠
Last week, BCHS representatives joined hundreds of other supportive housing advocates and tenants for The Supportive Housing Network of New York's annual Albany lobby day to make our voices heard! As a coalition, we advocated for funding parity for the New York State Supportive Housing Program (NYSSHP) to provide adequate services to our tenants, critical funding for the Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP) to create and preserve supportive and affordable housing, and supporting the campaign of a targeted inflationary increase.

Thank you to everyone who helped us make an impact on our Brooklyn neighbors in 2025! This year, we were able to help 1,600 families, veterans, youth aging out of foster care, senior citizens, and more find hope and healing.

Have you heard of our Brooklyn Housing Assistance Center (BHAC)? 🏠

BHAC was founded in 2013 to combat the rising need for eviction prevention services in our community. The important work of BHAC helps everyday people stay in their homes and avoid shelter or the street. Last year, BHAC case workers prevented 338 evictions in Brooklyn.

Help us keep our community housed today. 🔗 https://bchands.org/donate/

🎃 Trick or Treat 🎃
Our activities team turned our courtyard into a pumpkin patch for our annual pumpkin picking activity! Residents across programs got to pick their favorite pumpkin to carve and decorate. Thank you to Haley from Oliver Wyman and our wonderful youth volunteers from The Service Collective for helping us get in the Halloween spirit!