The governor nominated Daniel Tietz to lead the state agency tasked with overseeing New York’s tapped-out rent relief fund and administering key social service programs amid an historic homelessness crisis.
The Office of Temporary and Disability Administration (OTDA) has sent out more than 26,000 notices informing property owners that they will miss out on money they qualify for because they…
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the state had applied for a $996 million reallotment from the Treasury Department and that officials will shut down the Emergency Rental Assistance Program…
Applications for the new $125 million Landlord Rental Assistance Program (LRAP) opened Thursday, as state officials seek to reimburse property owners who were unable to apply for compensation through the…
More than 5,000 NYCHA tenants have so far applied for rental assistance through New York’s COVID relief fund, prompting state officials and the public housing agency to begin work on…
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has doled out funds to about 7,000 households, a fraction of the 158,000 who’ve applied. States must return their federal rental assistance funding if…
The stalled Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has issued just $1.2 million of the $2.7 billion on hand to landlords owed pandemic-related back rent.
With seven weeks to go before state eviction protections expire, New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has yet to cut a single check, and the organizations tasked with helping…
The opening of the long-awaited Emergency Rental Assistance Program was marred by technical glitches and error messages on the state’s online application portal.
Todavía no está claro cuándo se abrirá a los solicitantes el último programa de ayuda al alquiler COVID-19 del estado, aunque los funcionarios esperan que se ponga en marcha a…