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NYS To Enact New Prevailing Wage Requirement
On Tuesday, we learned that a new prevailing wage requirement on construction projects performed under private contracts was being discussed and we sent an urgent opposition letter to Governor Cuomo, Speaker Heastie and Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins. Similar bills have surfaced in Albany in previous years and NYHC has been advocating for an affordable housing exemption. There is […] Read More -
NYHC Opposes Public Subsidy Board
New York Housing Conference wrote to Governor Cuomo, Speaker Heastie and Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins in partnership with Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Enterprise Community Partners Inc., New York State Affordable Housing Association, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development and the Supportive Housing Network of New York. We expressed our appreciation for the affordable housing exemptions […] Read More -
New HUD COVID-19 Funding for NY
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nita Lowey’s (D-NY) analysis outlines resources coming to New York in the $2 trillion stimulus package in response to the COVID-19 health crisis. New York state residents can expect $15 billion in unemployment benefits and $15.5 billion in direct payments. New York City can expect $1.4 billion in the relief […] Read More -
Ways to Utilize COVID-19 ESG & CDBG Funds
As New York receives federal housing and homelessness funding from the recent CARES Act — hundreds of millions in the first round alone — the City and State will have to decide what their priorities are, as there is some flexibility in how the funding can be used. Below, we outline some of the options […] Read More -
Housing and homelessness assistance in COVID-19 stimulus bill
Last night, the Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES). The House is expected to vote on and pass the $2 trillion stimulus bill on Friday. With direct assistance to families, expanded unemployment benefits and aid to states and localities, there are many significant measures to help households and communities combat […] Read More -
NYHC OPED on Needed Federal Housing Response to COVID-19 Crisis
Rachel Fee’s Op-ed was published today in the Gotham Gazette. See text below. The federal response to the economic crisis just over a decade ago swiftly bailed out banks and other financial institutions, but left far too many struggling families in the lurch. It was too little, too late. This was devastatingly true for black […] Read More -
NYHC Emergency Housing Recommendations to Congress
As the effects of the coronavirus grows, it is clear that there needs to be robust housing assistance from the federal government to protect homeless people and keep people housed. The second aid package passed yesterday by Congress and signed by the president failed to include housing assistance, but Congress is working on a third […] Read More -
COVID-19 Guidance for Affordable Housing
It is difficult to process all of the changes that are happening impacting our families, communities and economy. In a matter of days, the COVID-19 threat has affected both our home and professional lives in profound ways. Sharing information and working together will help us get through this! For affordable housing owners and operators, many of […] Read More -
NYHC Comments on HUD’s AFFH Proposed Rule
On January 14th, HUD proposed drastic changes to the Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule. The purpose of the 2015 AFFH rule was to assist localities in meeting their long standing requirement to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing set forth in the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by providing them with guidance and resources to support […] Read More -
Where We Live Comments
The New York Housing Conference submitted comments on New York City’s Where We Live Draft Housing plan. We applaud Mayor Bill de Blasio for voluntarily consulting with more than 150 organizations, producing a thoughtful draft plan to advance fair housing and racial equity, and for using data to honestly highlight existing inequities in New York […] Read More