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A recent change to how the city approves CityFHEPS vouchers, aimed at saving money on rent, required additional review by state and city agencies—extending an already-protracted application process that sometimes…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Sep 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Now that CityFHEPS Fight is Over, Let’s Make Sure Vouchers Work

“A rental assistance program cannot prevent homelessness if administrative problems lead to the very evictions it was designed to avoid.”

ByOksana Mironova

ByViviana Gordon 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics Resources

Meet CHAP, NYC’s New Rental Voucher, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The new City Housing Assistance Program, or CHAP, will serve people living in shelters and people in rent stabilized apartments facing eviction, starting as early as March 2027.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Politics

City To Expand Housing Vouchers in Budget: What You Need To Know

Mayor Mamdani and the City Council reached a deal late Monday to expand city-subsidized rental assistance as part of a larger budget agreement. Thousands of new households will be eligible…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

City Budget Held Up Hold Over Housing Voucher Expansion

Speaker Julie Menin cancelled a budget handshake with Mayor Zohran Mamdani Friday after the two sides couldn’t agree on funding an expansion of the city’s housing voucher program, CityFHEPS.

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Politics

In Budget Talks, Some Council Progressives Draw the Line on CityFHEPS Expansion

Some lawmakers are considering a “no” vote on any budget deal that doesn’t include a significant expansion of the city’s housing voucher program, CityFHEPS, revealing a rift with Council Speaker…

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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Jun 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Homeless Youth Are Being Excluded, Yet Again. We Hoped for Better From Mayor Mamdani.

“CityFHEPS vouchers would give youth a real pathway out of homelessness, rather than forcing them into the adult homeless shelter system.”

BySebastien Vante 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: More Than Half of New Yorkers Can’t Afford New York. That Should Alarm All of Us.

“The impact of this is already visible across New York’s shelter system. Many families are working, trying to secure housing, and ready to move forward. But they cannot afford to…

ByJennifer Love Ortiz 0Comments

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Mayor’s Budget Plan Could Further Shrink City’s Housing Discrimination Enforcement

NYC’s Commission on Human Rights investigates landlords and real estate brokers who discriminate against rental voucher holders. The agency is already understaffed, sources say.

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Rental Voucher Expansion Absent From Mayor’s Budget Plan, As City Hall Proposes Program Reforms

The CityFHEPS program’s expansion, first passed by city lawmakers in 2023, would extend eligibility to people facing eviction and people with more modest incomes, but has been delayed by a…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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