Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP) Archives

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Advocates defending the state’s immigrant communities called for several initiatives to be included in the final deal, from expanded tax credits to legal services funding, citing ongoing attacks by the…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Tenant & Landlord Groups Both Support a Proposed State Housing Voucher. Why Hasn’t it Passed?

Supporters of the Housing Access Voucher Program say it’s needed now more than ever to curb rising homelessness, and as another federal rent subsidy is expected to run out of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6Comments

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Mar 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The Problem Isn’t CityFHEPS

“Let’s not forget that the cost of vouchers represents people—people who can’t afford rent despite working full-time, people who without the voucher will become or remain homeless.”

ByJasmine Smith

ByMichael Bell 1Comment

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Feb 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 17-24

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2025

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

Hochul Proposes Steps to Reduce Child Poverty, But Will It Be Enough?

New York is the only state with a refundable child tax credit that excludes low-income families from accessing the maximum amount, limiting its anti-poverty effect, experts say. If the governor’s…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

Demand for Section 8 Waitlist More than Double Available Slots—And Counting

Hundreds of thousands of applications began pouring in at midnight on Monday and will continue to be accepted online up until 11:59 p.m. this coming Sunday, June 9.

ByEmma Whitford

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Opinion: Albany Has Unfinished Business on Housing

“While increasing the housing supply is critical and has saturated most of the housing conversation, new housing will take years to come online. In the meantime, affordability is still a…

ByJay Martin 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Affordable Housing for ALL New Yorkers

“It is time Albany meets the urgency of this moment and comes together with a real plan that will meet and sustain the housing needs of all New Yorkers, across…

ByMurad Awawdeh

ByManny Pastreich 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Give a Little to Get a Lot More Affordable Housing

“A housing package that protects tenants, builds affordable housing, and creates good jobs is possible, but bad actors in the real estate industry would rather hold my members and all…

ByJoseph Geiger 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Opinion

Opinion: New York Must Do More to House Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence

“For mixed-status households, where at least one member of the family is not a U.S. citizen or eligible immigrant, it can be difficult—if not impossible—to access sufficient housing support.”

ByGabriela Sandoval Requena 0Comments

What Immigrant Community Advocates Want in This Year’s New York State Budget