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Clock is Ticking on Vital Affordable-Housing Funds

New York Housing Conference teamed up with NYSAFAH for this Crain’s New York op-ed pushing for the release of promised affordable housing funds, the delay of which puts at risk the loss of thousands of new affordable housing units. This $2 billion, promised in a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, represents an unfulfilled piece of […] Read More

NYHC Discusses Trump’s Impact on Affordable Housing

After Donald Trump nominated Dr. Ben Carson to lead the department of Housing and Urban Development, Josh Robin analyzed the impact on New York with Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, Rachel Fee of the New York Housing Conference and NYU Professor Jacob Faber. Panelists discuss what Dr. Ben Carson might mean for HUD and some of […] Read More

New York City Exempted From Changes to Section 8 Housing

“If you don’t have the vacancy to move around, what kind of opportunity are you creating?” said Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York Housing Conference, an affordable-housing group. Many people “would be forced to stay where they are and find a cheaper unit in their existing neighborhood.” Read More

Assembly Must Weigh in on Developer-Union Deal to Revive 421-a Tax Break

Rachel Fee of the New York Housing Conference said her organization hoped to see “speedy adoption by the New York State Legislature as well as immediate action on signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Governor Cuomo to spend $2 billion in a 5-year statewide affordable housing plan.” That separate issue of the MOU has been […] Read More

President-elect Trump Unlikely to Hurt Real Estate Industry that Made Him

“While programs like the low income housing tax credit and Section 8 vouchers were created as bipartisan initiatives, the Republican policy platform launched this year didn’t address affordable housing at all,” said Rachel Fee, executive director of the nonprofit New York Housing Conference. “We have no idea what to expect in terms of federal priorities.” Read More

NYHC Announces New RAD Infographic

NYHC launches new infographic highlighting benefits of RAD and addressing important public housing resident questions on tenant rights. Click to download full document. Read More

Cuomo Moves Toward Firming Up $2 Billion Housing Plan

“We are glad the Governor is now trying to move the MOU forward. Housing affordability is a concern for 1 in 3 New Yorkers and it is a shame for lawmakers to sit by while $2 billion in enacted funds could be put to good use,” said Rachel Fee of the New York Housing Conference. Read More

Cuomo Signs Agreement to Release $2 Billion for Affordable Housing

“We would be very disappointed if $100 million is divided up between districts for pet projects instead of repairing roofs, NYCHA’s most pressing capital need,” said Rachel Fee of the New York Housing Conference, a nonprofit that had criticized the delay in releasing the cash. Read More

NYHC and Housing Groups Pressure Cuomo to Release Housing Funds

In an op-ed in Crain’s New York, NYHC joined AARP, Community Preservation Corp., CSH, Enterprise Community Partners, LISC New York City, NYSAFAH, and SHNNY to reiterate the need for the leadership in Albany to release the $2 billion budgeted for housing investment in New York State. Read More

Affordable Housing Community Joins Forces to Protect Tenants from Voucher Program Changes

NYHC, Legal Aid Society, Community Service Society and 47 additional organizations signed on to joint comments voicing concerns regarding HUD’s proposed SAFMR changes to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. It is estimated that nearly 56,000 NYC households would see their Section 8 subsidy decrease, forcing tenants to move in a tight rental market […] Read More