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Obama Administration Unveils Proposed Changes to Section 8 Subsidy Program

The proposed changes would instead determine those market rents by ZIP Code… [but there’s] fear that would make the program impractical. “If you’re searching for an apartment, then you have to figure out on this block how much a voucher is worth and, on the other side, how much it is worth,” said Rachel Fee, […] Read More

Fate of $2 Billion in State Housing Funds Unclear as Session Nears End

“It’s not clear why lawmakers feel no urgency to spend $2 billion in housing funds,” said [NYHC’s Rachel] Fee. “My biggest fear is it will not get done this session and will get pushed to the end of the budget year [March]. This didn’t have to happen in session at all. It could have been […] Read More

NYCHA Revamps Section 8 Voucher Process for Property Owners

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has announced “Fast 3” – a total revamp of its Section 8 Housing Choice voucher program. Property owners who partner with NYCHA will have access to: 1. Fast Pass: an inspection appointment within 5 days 2. Fast Match: free online listings to match up available units with approved […] Read More

Nearly 130 Organizations Join NYHC in Demanding Albany Leaders Unlock $2 Billion in Enacted Affordable Housing Funds

June 16th legislative session ends $2 billion in affordable housing funding was enacted in the NYS Budget on April 1 in recognition of our state’s worsening affordable housing and homeless crisis. $2 billion unspent Funds for 100,000-unit affordable housing initiative cannot be spent until Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl […] Read More

Advocates Nervous About State Housing Plan As Albany Session Nears End

“… Little was specified about how the $2 billion allocated in the budget [for housing] would be used, so Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have to ink a memorandum of understanding to get the dollars flowing. Nearly 100 groups have signed on to the push to get an […] Read More

Housing Advocates Growing Restless over Frozen $2 Billion in State Budget

“There is an affordable-housing community that wants to be buying sites and identifying projects that this money could fund, but all of that gets held up if we don’t have a statewide housing plan,” said Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York Housing Conference. Read More

Join the Call for NYS Lawmakers to Agree on Affordable Housing Plan

June 16th legislative session ends $2 billion in affordable housing funding was enacted in the NYS Budget on April 1 in recognition of our state’s worsening affordable housing and homeless crisis. $2 billion unspent Funds for 100,000-unit affordable housing initiative cannot be spent until Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl […] Read More

NYHC Hosts Congressional Leaders to Discuss Federal Opportunities For Housing In Election Year and Beyond

This week, NYHC held our 2nd Annual New York Congressional Delegation Affordable Housing Breakfast. This year we focused on opportunities in the election year and beyond in a new administration. Thank you to Rep. Hakim Jeffries (D-NY8), Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY13) and Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY12) who participated in a discussion with NYHC Advisory Board […] Read More

Senators Schumer & Cantwell Join Leading NYC Housing Advocates to Urge Congress to Expand LIHTC

“As a statewide affordable housing policy and advocacy organization, the New York Housing Conference recognizes the desperate need for additional federal resources to combat our State’s affordable housing crisis,” said Rachel Fee, Executive Director of the New York Housing Conference. “We thank Senators Schumer and Cantwell for supporting the low-income housing tax credit… as this […] Read More

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

With a lawsuit challenging community preference which gives community members an inside-track on affordable housing built in their neighborhood, “will de Blasio be able to get the local support he needs to redraw the city’s housing map? ‘There’s a lot of real anxiety about it,’ says Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York State […] Read More