Please join the Health & Housing Consortium's 16th Annual Health & Housing Convening on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at NYU Langone Health - Tisch Hospital. This full-day event unites stakeholders from healthcare, housing, social services, and government sectors to explore multi-sector policies and collaborative strategies aimed at advancing health equity and housing stability across New York City. Attendees will have opportunities to learn, ask questions, share insights, and connect with colleagues across the healthcare, housing, and homeless services sectors.
Registration is open to professionals working in nonprofit, government, healthcare, housing, and social service organizations. Vendor participation is limited to event sponsors. If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship, please reach out to Tess Sommer at tsommer@hhconsortium.org.
If you have questions about registration, please email Mildred Yu at myu@hhconsortium.org.
Agenda
9am - Breakfast
9:30am - Opening Remarks: Bonnie Mohan, Executive Director
10am - Keynote: "Complex Populations Need Complex Care in a Complex Environment: Make it Simple(r)"
During this session HMA’s Joshua Rubin will discuss the ways in which delivery systems are adapting to reflect the needs of the most complex populations. He will discuss national trends, the way in which those trends are playing out in New York, and will share an example of a project from Washington State that addressed medical, behavioral, legal, and regulatory complexity to facilitate discharges for people who were otherwise stuck in the hospital.
10:45am - Caught Between Systems: Barriers to Nursing Home Access for People with Behavioral Health Needs and Histories of Homelessness and Incarceration
People with behavioral health needs and histories of homelessness or incarceration often face significant barriers to accessing nursing home care, even when they require a level of support beyond what hospitals or supportive housing can provide. This panel will examine the challenges from multiple perspectives—including hospitals navigating discharge, supportive housing providers supporting residents with increasingly complex needs, and nursing homes struggling to serve individuals with behavioral health needs.
12:15pm - Lunch
1:15pm - Supporting Residents with Complex Needs: Lessons from High Acuity Supportive Housing Pilot Programs
Supportive housing providers are increasingly serving residents with significant behavioral health, medical, and social needs. To address these growing challenges, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, with support from The Helmsley Charitable Trust, provided flexible grant funding to four providers to implement two-year pilot programs. This panel will highlight innovative approaches from the selected pilot programs, exploring strategies that strengthen staffing, partnerships, and service delivery to improve housing stability and resident well-being.
3pm - Protecting Health, Housing, and Food Access in a Changing Policy Landscape
As federal funding and policy changes threaten critical safety-net programs, providers are preparing to meet growing needs with fewer resources. This panel will explore the potential impacts on healthcare coverage, food assistance, and housing services, and discuss how New York City agencies and community organizations are adapting, advocating, and strengthening supports for vulnerable populations.
4:45pm - Networking Happy Hour, Sponsored by Lamb Insurance