
Bowery Lives Matter
The Bowery is still home.
Three residents remain at Sunshine. Seven current and former residents of 125 Bowery, formerly known as the Providence, need support too. These are places where people have made lives in small rooms along a changing street.
As winter approaches, residents need practical support to remain safe, warm, and housed. Donations cover food, drinking water, clothing, laundry, hygiene supplies, clean bedding, pest treatment, safe repairs, and a housing attorney who knows SRO cases.

Rooms are not abstractions.
They are doors, belongings, routines, and the possibility of staying.
Winter support is urgent.
The people represented here are not an abstract housing statistic. They are residents with rooms, belongings, routines, and lives rooted in the Bowery. If you can contribute, your donation will help provide direct support during the coldest months.


This fund supports ten people: three at Sunshine and seven current and former residents of 125 Bowery, formerly known as the Providence. Anna is the organizer and posts updates on what the money paid for. Receipts, not faces. Residents stay anonymous. 125 Bowery tenants were covered by Hell Gate. This site distinguishes firsthand accounts, public records, and allegations. Claims without a confirmed source are not presented as established fact.
Housing history
The policy disaster that broke NYC housing.
A six-part history of SRO housing, public policy, and the loss of low-cost rooms.
01
Policy choices
Rules helped shrink the SRO stock.
02
Stereotypes
A caricature hid who depended on rooming houses.
03
Tax incentives
Public incentives accelerated conversions.
04
Shelter costs
Temporary shelter can cost more than housing assistance.
05
Unregulated housing
The need for inexpensive rooms did not disappear.
06
George’s story
One resident’s life shows what was lost.