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The change will suspend a requirement for the Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS) where applicants had to show proof that their landlord had filed an eviction against them…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Feb 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

Advocates Call for Stronger Rental Assistance Programs to Stem Pandemic Evictions

A coalition of housing and homeless advocates, along with the city’s top real estate group, are calling for the city and state to expand and improve three key rental assistance…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Albany Must Fix Rent Relief Program To Serve More NY Families In Need

‘The program’s eligibility requirements are so stringent that very few tenants actually end up qualifying. The state now runs the risk of losing the remaining available funds to the federal…

ByJudith Goldiner

ByEllen Davidson 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

A Look at Rent Strikes in NYC, As Housing Relief Legislation Lags

Although there’s no clear data tracking the number of rent strikes taking place across the city, the advocacy coalition Housing Justice for All says they’ve become more common during the…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Oct 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Senate Housing Chair Must Help ‘Cancel Rent’

‘Tenants are accruing debt that they will not be able to repay. The latest CDC guidance is not comprehensive or long enough and we need state leaders to act.’

ByXingJian Li 3Comments

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Protests in Brooklyn and Across Nation in Face of Eviction Wave

According to a recent National Low Income Housing Coalition report, from 30 to 40 million renters could be at risk of eviction, including a million in New York.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

State’s Window for COVID Rent Relief Reopens Amid Criticism

Applications will be accepted through August 6.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jul 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Fearing Evictions, Tenant Groups Push Rent Cancellation, New Housing Voucher

Landlords support the voucher but warn a rent cancellation could hobble New York’s economic recovery.

BySadef Ali Kully 5Comments

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Jul 2020

Podcasts

Has NYS Only ‘Delayed the Inevitable’ When it Comes to Evictions?

A rent freeze, eviction moratorium and a relief fund will not be enough, tenant advocates say.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Rent Relief Bill Approved in Albany

Both houses of the legislature approved a bill to create a $100 million fund to pay rents for people who have lost income because of the COVID-19 crisis.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

State Temporarily Waives ‘Lawsuit Requirement’ for Family Rent Supplement Program

Advocates Call for Stronger Rental Assistance Programs to Stem Pandemic Evictions

Opinion: Albany Must Fix Rent Relief Program To Serve More NY Families In Need

A Look at Rent Strikes in NYC, As Housing Relief Legislation Lags

Opinion: Senate Housing Chair Must Help ‘Cancel Rent’

Protests in Brooklyn and Across Nation in Face of Eviction Wave

State’s Window for COVID Rent Relief Reopens Amid Criticism

Fearing Evictions, Tenant Groups Push Rent Cancellation, New Housing Voucher

Has NYS Only ‘Delayed the Inevitable’ When it Comes to Evictions?

Rent Relief Bill Approved in Albany

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