Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit.
Housing advocates and councilmembers rallied outside City Hall Tuesday to call for expanding CityFHEPS.
“CityFHEPS vouchers are meant to make life easier for tenants and their families facing eviction, or those families who have been previously unhoused, by paying ongoing rent. That sounds great on paper, but far too often the slow pace of the system renders the vouchers useless.”
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