Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Archives

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At a recent City Council hearing, NYCHA shared that more than 70,000 households still owe rent, due in large part to being put at the back of the line for…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Early Exclusion From State Pandemic Rent Relief

The class action lawsuit, filed Tuesday on behalf of New York City public housing tenants left out of the state’s rental assistance program during the height of the pandemic, alleges…

ByTatyana Turner

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Public Housing Residents Demand $5 Billion in State Funding

Tenants and advocates say the funding would repair 40,000 apartments and help cover outstanding rent arrears accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

NYCHA Expected to Get ‘Significant Majority’ of State Budget Rent Relief Funds

While the total won’t be clear until remaining applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) are processed, a majority of the $391 in aid will likely go to the…

ByTatyana Turner 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYCHA Residents Rally in Last-Minute Push for Rent Relief Funds From Albany

The rally comes after state lawmakers released budget proposals that include up to $389 million for public housing and Section 8 residents who were left out from the state’s pandemic-era…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

State Lawmakers Pitch Budget Funds to Help NYCHA with Mounting Rent Debt

In a budget resolution unveiled last week, the State Senate earmarked $389 million for public housing and Section 8 tenants statewide who applied for, but were left out from, New York’s …

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Dec 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Blames Dreary Financial Outlook on $454 Million in Unpaid Pandemic Rent

More than 73,000 NYCHA households are behind on rent, what officials say will force the public housing authority to draw from operating reserves and make other cuts in the year…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2022

CLARIFY Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

Throughout the five boroughs and across the rental market, apartment prices continue to surge, according to an analysis of nearly 390,000 listings over the past three years that online marketplace…

ByDavid Brand

ByMa-Sadio Faye

ByQuainat Mariam

ByManuel Lozano-Velez

ByNowshin Rahman

ByTiara Soto

ByJaelynn Jimenez 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

The Stable Families Act builds off the massive pot of money that Congress sent to states and local governments to cover rent arrears for tenants who could not make payments…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

NYCHA Still Reeling With Rent Debts From COVID-19

NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Early Exclusion From State Pandemic Rent Relief

Public Housing Residents Demand $5 Billion in State Funding

NYCHA Expected to Get ‘Significant Majority’ of State Budget Rent Relief Funds

NYCHA Residents Rally in Last-Minute Push for Rent Relief Funds From Albany

State Lawmakers Pitch Budget Funds to Help NYCHA with Mounting Rent Debt

NYCHA Blames Dreary Financial Outlook on $454 Million in Unpaid Pandemic Rent

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

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