housing vouchers Archives

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Zohran Mamdani promised to expand eligibility for the CityFHEPS rental voucher program to people with slightly higher incomes and households at risk of eviction, but a larger than expected fiscal…

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

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Sep 2025

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What HUD’s New English-Only Policy Means for New Yorkers

New Yorkers speak over 800 languages, and more than 350,000 city households participate in HUD programs. But advocates say many local tenants won’t be greatly affected by the change, since local…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Aug 2025

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‘Hear Our Voices’ Podcast: The Ideal Housing Voucher

Housing vouchers, which typically cover a portion of a participant’s’rent, are a key tool to fighting homelessness in an increasingly unaffordable city. But they can be hard to use. Host…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Jun 2025

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CityFHEPS Voucher Holders & Legal Aid Sue to Preserve Landlord Incentive

After the city suddenly cancelled an incentive for landlords to hold units for families with vouchers—covering one month’s rent while the subsidy application is processed—families in shelter and legal groups…

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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Jun 2025

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City Cuts Key Incentive For Landlords to Take CityFHEPS Housing Vouchers

In an effort to reduce program costs, landlords will no longer receive one month’s rent while the city processes housing voucher applications, a change that could make it less likely…

ByPatrick Spauster 18Comments

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Mar 2025

Housing and Homelessness

What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? March 14, 2025

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.

ByRyan Hickey

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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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 2Comments

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Feb 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC Voucher Households Are Concentrated in a Handful of Neighborhoods, Data Shows

CityFHEPS vouchers are supposed to give low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live, but data shows that voucher holders are predominately renting in certain Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn…

ByPatrick New 14Comments

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Jan 2025

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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 3Comments

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Oct 2024

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Council Files Appeal Over Adams Admin’s Refusal to Expand Rental Vouchers

The appeal announcement included the launch of a website tracking the number of days since the Council says its laws should have been implemented—447, as of Tuesday—and the number of…