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Fight Housing Injustice With #RentReliefNowNY
Congress must act to prevent a crisis of eviction and displacement for renters, which will be the next major event on our nation’s timeline of housing injustice without federal aid. Read More -
NYHC Leads Letter Urging Congress to Act
NYHC urges Congressional leaders to prioritize rental assistance and aid to states and localities. Joined by 51 elected officials, former housing agency leaders and nearly 100 organizations, the letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader McCarthy and Minority Leader Schumer calls on Congress to fund $100 billion in rental assistance for households impacted by COVID-19 and $915 […] Read More -
NYHC Letter to Gov. Cuomo Calling for an Extension of the Eviction Moratorium
The New York Housing Conference along with ANHD, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc, LISC NYC and SHNNY, sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling on him to extend the original comprehensive eviction moratorium established on March 20th, which expires on June 20th. The second moratorium that Gov. Cuomo implemented that expires on August 20 only […] Read More -
NYHC Letter to Mayor de Blasio Opposing HPD Capital Cuts signed by 163 Organizations
NYHC sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio and city housing leaders Monday opposing the cuts to HPD’s capital budget. The letter was co-signed by 163 organizations and 14 elected officials. Mayor de Blasio’s executive budget proposes to cut the current year and next year’s HPD capital budget by 40 percent – $581 million […] Read More -
Don’t Gut the City’s Housing Plan
In an op-ed published by City Limits, New York Housing Conference Executive Director Rachel Fee opposed Mayor de Blasio’s proposed 40 percent cuts to the HPD capital budget. Affordable housing has never been more important and this budget reduction will affect not only the housing market but also the fight against COVID-19 which has tested […] Read More -
NYHC Testimony Opposing Cuts to HPD Capital Budget
The New York Housing Conference submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s joint Finance Committee and Capital Budget Subcommittee Thursday on the fiscal year 2021 executive budget. NYHC is opposing the substantial cuts to HPD’s capital budget. Mayor de Blasio is proposing to cut $581 million from this year’s capital plan and $457 million […] Read More -
New York’s share of HUD relief funds falls short of coronavirus need
New York Housing Conference Executive Director Rachel Fee was quoted in Politico New York’s story about how HUD’s new formula for the second round of CARES Act CDBG money underfunds New York. The story notes that New York will receive about 7 percent of the $1 billion in Community Development Block Grant funding. In comparison, […] Read More -
NYHC Delegation Breakfast: Consensus Around Housing Assistance Needs
On May 4, NYHC hosted our Annual Congressional Delegation Affordable Housing Breakfast. Check out the video to hear the discussion on New York’s housing needs, the policy agenda for coming the year, and how we can support renters and homeowners amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. We are proud to bring together members of the NY […] Read More -
NYHC Recommendations for the COVID-19 4th Federal Stimulus Housing Priorities
The New York Housing Conference along with 15 other New York organizations sent a letter to majority and minority leaders in Congress and the New York Congressional delegation with recommendations for emergency housing and homelessness aid and longer-term measures needed in the next round of federal COVID-19 assistance. Congress allocated $12 billion in coronavirus assistance […] Read More -
New York Housing Conference urges HUD Secretary Carson to move quickly and prioritize areas hardest hit by Coronavirus.
On Friday, NYHC submitted an urgent request to the HUD Secretary, who is responsible for establishing the distribution formula for the allocation of nearly $6 billion in emergency relief funds in the CARES Act. NYHC was joined by other housing and homeless groups in the letter linked here. The groups want New York to receive […] Read More