Rosanne Haggerty

In 1991 Rosanne established Common Ground, a non-profit organization that has become the preeminent supportive housing provider in the country and an innovative developer of strategic solutions for the problem of homelessness.

Common Ground has created more than 2,000 units of permanent and transitional housing in New York City, Connecticut, and upstate New York.

With the goal of creating 4,000 additional units of housing for the homeless by 2015, it is currently developing eight properties, comprising 1,375 units.

Common Ground's ground breaking Street to Home program reduced street homelessness by 87% in the 20-block Times Square neighborhood, and by 43% in the surrounding 230 blocks of West Midtown. Spearheading a citywide strategy, Common Ground is now responsible for securing homes for people living on the streets in all of Brooklyn, Queens, and midtown Manhattan.