James Equities is a firm specializing in the development of transitional, permanent supportive and affordable housing for formerly homeless and low-income New Yorkers. Leveraging years of experience, relationships, and expertise, the firm focuses its work on establishing strategic partnerships with not-for-profit service providers, and for-profit lenders and tax credit syndicators to raise capital from CRA investors to develop at scale emergency, transitional and permanent housing solutions for individuals and families that are housing insecure.

Our mission is to help individuals and families exit homelessness, rise from poverty, and regain health and wellness.

Advised Commissioner on operational efficiency and developed new policies and initiatives furthering the core mission of the agency. Directly oversaw the Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) and Office of Consumer Services (CS).

Oversaw New York City's single adult and adult family shelter systems; its Street Solutions program which includes homeless street outreach, Safe Haven shelters and stabilization beds for the chronically street homeless, drop-in centers and faith-based beds; the veterans services unit; and oversight of over 10,000 units of permanent supportive housing.Developed and implemented innovative programs to meet the short and long-term needs of men and women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and to restore them to permanent housing in the community at their appropriate level of independence.

Advised and counseled the New York City Department of Homeless Services on all legal issues related to the provision of shelter and related services to homeless families and single adults, including program development, agency governance, finance and procurement, shelter siting and ethics and employment; represented the Agency in high-profile litigation concerning the City’s obligation to meet the needs of homeless New Yorkers; and developed policies, procedures and initiatives in collaboration with program staff in all departments in furtherance of the Agency’s mission to overcome homelessness.