On Friday, House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters, along with New York City Congressman Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rep Emanual Cleaver, introduced The Ending Homelessness Act of 2021, to phase in universal rental assistance, one of NYHC’s top policy priorities. If passed, this legislation would significantly reduce homelessness and housing poverty in America by transforming the Housing Choice Voucher […]
The New York Housing Conference is supporting the Gowanus rezoning, called the Gowanus Neighborhood Plan. Last week we testified in support of the plan at the review by the Brooklyn Borough President’s office and you can read our testimony here. Last month we testified in support of the plan at the Community Board here and […]
The New York Housing Conference sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to encourage them to make bold change and a lasting impact in the infrastructure bill. As you well know, housing is infrastructure and therefore should be included in the infrastructure bill. Housing benefits the families who […]
On July 23rd, the New York Housing Conference hosted the first installment of our summer seminar series, produced by our Rising Leaders Network. At the webinar, we were joined by Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Greg Russ (Chair & CEO, NYCHA), Sarah Saadian (Vice President of Policy, NLIHC), and Anthony Richardson (Managing Director of New York […]
In an op-ed published by Morning Consult, NYHC executive director Rachel Fee speaks to the housing crisis that has devasted life as we know it in the United States.In the op-ed, Rachel calls for bold and historic change to address the housing crisis in America including the establishment of a housing safety net through Section 8 expansion; […]
New York State was allocated almost 10,000 new housing choice vouchers under the Emergency Housing Vouchers program, with New York City expected to receive more than 8,000 vouchers (5,738 to NYCHA, 2,050 to HPD, plus possibly half of the 1,447 vouchers allocated to NYS HCR / HTF). The new vouchers – 70,000 total nationwide – […]
Detailed Infrastructure Plan: President Biden released details on the American Jobs Plan last week. The plan proposes $213 billion in direct funding to produce, preserve and retrofit more than 2 million affordable housing units and more than $100 billion in new and expanded tax credits. This includes a $35 billion investment in the HOME Investment […]
There are several important housing bills being considered for passage at the state level before the end of session. Prospects for many of these bills are unclear. There is still time to weigh in with legislators before the session ends on June 10th. Hotel ConversionsHousing Our Neighbors With Dignity Act (HONDA) S5257/A6593 (Gianaris/Reyes) HONDA, which would […]
The New York Housing Conference offered testimony to the City Council Finance Committee regarding HPD’s budget needs for the fiscal year 2022 executive budget. Last year, NYHC and partners opposed cuts to the HPD capital budget and Mayor de Blasio later reversed course and restored the cuts. While HPD’s capital funding is robust, we are […]
New York Housing Conference has created an interactive map of the Housing New York units through December 2020. The map shows new construction and preservation units and if you hover or click on a project, you can see the name of the project, the address, and the number of units by income range. The dots […]