About Us

Mission & Vision

Bailey House’s mission is to help transform the lives of people with or at risk of HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses through housing, health services and community. We believe that housing and healthcare are human rights. We work towards a world without poverty, homelessness, hunger, HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses.

Our Story

Founded in 1983 by a coalition of compassionate community leaders responding to the AIDS crisis, Bailey House is a community-based organization with a 35-year history of addressing poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, mental health, substance use and chronic illness to improve health outcomes for marginalized, low-income New Yorkers. We help more than 5,000 people each year and reach tens of thousands more through a variety of community outreach efforts.

Bailey House and Housing Works

July 2018 - Bailey House announced an exciting merger with Housing Works, the nation’s leading HIV/AIDS advocacy and service organization. This important union creates a powerful new housing development enterprise, dedicated to offering clients – served by both organizations- with an array of expanded service offerings, including primary medical care. The merger will bring renewed focus and commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York by 2020.  The annual Gala & Auction will remain a centerpiece of the ongoing, year-round fundraising activities benefitting the Bailey House housing programs and all related services.