• Support NYHC’s CRISIS Agenda

    There is a growing crisis of distress in affordable housing. A recent study by Enterprise Community Partners and LISC found more than half of the 428 projects in their portfolios (totaling 37,130 units) have negative cash flow. There are many causes for the growing distress and while this problem has been slowly brewing since 2020, […] Read More

  • NYHC Testifies on FY27 Preliminary Housing Budget

    NYHC testified about the preliminary housing budget, focusing on three main issues: ensuring sufficient capital resources for affordable housing production; the distressing CRISIS in affordable housing we are witnessing; and the pressing need for reforms to improve efficiency in housing production. First, while we look forward to the Mamdani Administration’s new affordable housing plan later […] Read More

  • NYHC’s Analysis of State One-House Budgets

    The State Senate and Assembly each released their one-house budget proposals last week. Our top priority for Albany this year is addressing the alarming share of affordable and supportive housing buildings that are in financial distress. When these buildings are at risk of financial instability, it threatens the very foundation that makes these buildings affordable, putting their tenants at risk. While […] Read More

  • NYHC Releases Case Study on Housing Connect Lease-Up Delays

    The New York Housing Conference released a new case study examining delays in leasing newly constructed affordable housing through NYC’s Housing Connect lottery system and outlining practical reforms to accelerate move-ins for low-income and homeless New Yorkers. The analysis found it took 27 months to lease 180 newly constructed affordable apartments in the Bronx, including […] Read More

  • WATCH: NYHC’s Affordable Housing Policy Forum

    Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2026 NYHC Affordable Housing Policy Forum—both in person and online. New York Housing Conference appreciates your engagement, thoughtful questions and attendance. A special thank you to our event sponsor FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK NY, whose support made this forum possible, and to our exceptional speakers from […] Read More

  • NYHC and Partners Urge Legislators to Support Affordable Housing Stability Court

    44 organizations signed onto a letter in support of New York Housing Conference’s proposal for an Affordable Housing Stability Court Initiative in New York City. The organizations urged the legislature to provide $17 million in this year’s budget to support the proposal, which would establish a special court part to serve tenants of affordable housing […] Read More

  • NYHC Analysis of Preliminary FY2027 City Budget

    Mayor Mamdani recently released his preliminary FY 2027 budget – a $127 billion plan that both increased the budget to account for known spending that was underbudgeted in the past, and attempted to decrease significant outyear deficits. There is little change to the housing budget in this plan. We have been told that there will […] Read More

  • NYHC Report: NYC’s Affordable Housing Eviction Crisis and Recommendations to Fix It

    The New York Housing Conference released a new report examining eviction trends in subsidized affordable housing and outlining a coordinated policy response to stabilize tenants, strengthen building finances and reduce long-term public costs.  Subsidized affordable housing accounts for a substantial share of eviction filings. Cases are lengthy, arrears increase over time and public expenditures rise […] Read More

  • Housing Proposals in the Governor’s Executive Budget

    Last week, Governor Hochul released an Executive Budget to support housing supply, including reforms to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), proposals to begin to address rising property insurance costs and provide support for rent stabilized tenants. We applaud the Governor’s continued efforts to expand housing supply statewide and pursue regulatory reforms that would […] Read More
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