• NYHC’s Rachel Fee Joins Max & Murphy Housing Podcast

    Each week, Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and Jarrett Murphy of City Limits discuss the latest on housing policy and politics in New York. With the presidential campaign in full swing and the national party platforms adopted, Max & Murphy are joined by Rachel Fee, Executive Director of the New York Housing Conference, to discuss […] Read More

  • NYHC Joins Housing Coalition to Push State Leaders with Housing Plan Proposal

    The New York Housing Conference has joined a coalition of affordable housing advocates to issue renewed demands for an MOU that would release $2 billion in already-approved affordable housing funding. A proposed agreement was announced that would allow housing projects to move forward. The proposal balances investments in senior housing, supportive units, homeownership programs and other […] Read More

  • Housing Choice Shouldn’t Be At The Expense of Other Low-Income Renters

    Executive Director Rachel Fee contributes her essay “Housing Choice Shouldn’t Be At The Expense of Other Low-Income Renters” to the latest installment of the Furman Center’s The Dream Revisited series. Discussion #20 debates the “benefits of defining fair market rent by zip code, to make it easier for families to move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods, and […] Read More

  • Governor Cuomo Signs Private Activity Bond Allocation Act

    On June 30, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Private Activity Bond Allocation Act of 2016 (A.10255/S.7637) which continues the same distribution formula for volume cap used in previous years and includes important reforms. Volume cap allocation formula: One-third to local Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) in proportion to their share of the state’s population One-third […] Read More

  • Advocates, Providers Keep Pressure on Cuomo Over Housing Funds

    “The New York Housing Conference urges State leaders to continue negotiating the terms of a statewide 5-year housing plan to allocate the full $2 billion of enacted housing dollars for programmatic use,” reads the newsletter from The New York Housing Conference announcing the Tuesday rally. The statement goes on to detail the challenges developers face […] Read More

  • NYHC Calls for $2B MOU on Radio, TV & Print This Week

    TUNE INTO WCNY FOR RACHEL FEE’S INTERVIEW ON $2 BILLION MOU WITH CAPITAL CORRESPONDENT, SUSAN ARBETTER Listen live today at 11.45   NYHC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF STATEWIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN ON CAPITAL TONIGHT     $150M RELEASED FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT ALBANY’S WORK IS NOT DONE UNTIL AGREEMENT ON FULL $2B MOU IS […] Read More

  • NYHC & NHC Launch New National LIHTC Income Averaging Handout

    New York Housing Conference partnered with the National Housing Conference to produce this fact sheet on Income Averaging, one of our top policy priorities.  The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2016, introduced in May by Senators Cantwell and Hatch, would establish an income averaging provision to better serve households across the low-income spectrum in […] Read More

  • NYHC Joins Other Housing Advocates in Demanding Action on Housing MOU

    On the last day of the legislative session, affordable housing advocates and stakeholders are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to not leave Albany without signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allocate a promised $2 billion for affordable and supportive housing statewide and address […] Read More
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