• 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

  • Federal Appropriations Bills Likely To Pass With Increased HUD Funding

    Thanks to the hard work of advocates all over this state and country, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have released a budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that both rejects the deeply harmful cuts and policy changes proposed in the President’s Budget Request last year and greatly improves on […] Read More

  • NYHC and More than 60 Partners Oppose Council Legislation

    NYHC and 62 partners in the affordable housing community sent a letter to the City Council opposing Intros. 1433 and 1443, which would add significant costs while decreasing affordable housing production. The legislation has been prepared to be voted on by the Council this week. We appreciate the goals the Council is aiming for and […] Read More

  • NYHC Sends Sign-On Letter on City Council Housing Bills

    NYHC, along with partners Citizens Housing and Planning Council, The Community Preservation Corporation, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., LiveOn New York, New York State Association for Affordable Housing, and Supportive Housing Network of New York, send a letter to the City Council with concerns about four bills that would regulate affordable housing production in New York […] Read More
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