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 36-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.  Today, we provide nearly 700 units of housing for men, women, young adults and families – most of whom are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS  - and have over 250 additional units of congregate housing in development. In January 2019, Bailey House merged with Housing Works, the nation’s leading HIV/AIDS advocacy and service organization. This important union creates a powerful new housing development enterprise under the Bailey House name, dedicated to offering clients with an array of expanded service offerings, including primary medical care.