The Supportive Housing Network of New York reports that after several debates in which the word “homeless” was never uttered, moderators at last week’s final debate asked candidates to detail their plans to reduce NYC’s record level of homelessness, this a result of a United to End Homelessness twitter rally.

United to End Homelessness held two Twitter rallies in October to urge New York City’s mayoral candidates and debate moderators to discuss homelessness.

The Coalition’s efforts paid off. Debate moderators asked each candidate if the Bloomberg administration’s policies surrounding homelessness have failed and if they would do things differently.

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