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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 -
Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act
Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), NY Congressional Delegation member and member of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act, H.R. 5813, a bill which if enacted would help to ameliorate this nation’s homelessness and affordable housing crisis. NYHC supports this bill. Specifically, the bill consists of four provisions: […] Read More -
Trump’s Budget Proposal Would Hurt NY
On Monday, the President released his FY21 Budget Proposal. The President’s FY21 HUD budget represents a 15% decrease in spending for critical affordable and public housing programs compared to FY20 enacted funding levels. It includes the complete elimination of several impactful and proven HUD programs and insufficient funding for existing rental assistance vouchers. Below is […] Read More -
Mayor de Blasio’s SOTC Affordable Housing Agenda
NYHC attended Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City yesterday in which the Mayor kicked off his speech highlighting the public’s growing fear that they will be pushed out of the City and they will be the last generation of their family to be able to afford to live here. He highlighted that despite his […] Read More